precast

CEFRB2

/pɹiˈkæst/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

01
adjective
Made in a mold before being moved to its final position.
02
adjective
Extra detail
Structural members made of concrete, ready for installation.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

In context

The builders used precast concrete walls for the house.
The bridge used precast concrete girders.
Except that in their case, the logs are made from precast concrete shaped and painted to look like the real thing.

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Except that in their case, the logs are made from precast concrete shaped and painted to look like the real thing.
2009 January 22, Jim Robbins, “The Logless Log Home”, in New York Times
The new culvert, 200 ft. long, was constructed with precast reinforced concrete segments, similar to those used in building the London tube railway tunnels, and is being lined internally with reinforced concrete placed in situ to give a finished internal diameter of 9 ft.
1950 October, “Completion of Flood-Damage Repairs, East Coast Main Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 709
Each TBM installs two-metre-wide rings made up of seven precast concrete segments produced on-site. Each ring takes approximately 45 minutes to one hour to install.
2021 July 14, Paul Stephen, “A portal into the future”, in RAIL, number 935, page 52. photo caption

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