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prefab

[ adjective, noun pree-fab; verb pree-fab ]

/ adjective, noun ˈpriˌfæb; verb priˈfæb /

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adjective

prefabricated.

noun

something that is prefabricated, as a building or fixture: You would never know that such an attractive house is a prefab.

verb (used with object), pre·fabbed, pre·fab·bing.

to prefabricate.

Origin of prefab

First recorded in 1935–40; by shortening

Words nearby prefab

preexcitation syndrome, preexilian, preexist, preexposure, pref., prefab, prefabricate, preface, prefatory, prefect, prefect apostolic

Example sentences from the Web for prefab

He turns a visit to a prefab home emporium into a meditation on wealth as a path to spiritual legitimacy.

Charles D’Ambrosio’s X-Ray Vision Is On Full Display In His New Essay Collection. |Steve Almond |November 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
At the prefab dorms on the American base in Kandahar, I ran into my neighbor from the bunk next door.

When I Met Robin Williams in Afghanistan |Matthew Kaminski |August 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But when I was 13, I was one of those sign wavers on the corner for prefab homes.

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Jack Holloway landed the manipulator in front of the cluster of prefab huts.

Little Fuzzy |Henry Beam Piper

The walls are prefab plastic sheet, the rest is standard fittings slung in and bolted down with the fastenings showing.

The Lost Kafoozalum |Pauline Ashwell
The first inarticulate roar was followed by a babel of voices, like a tropical cloudburst on a prefab hut.

A Slave is a Slave |Henry Beam Piper
Mryna thought there might be one man living in a kind of prefab somehow suspended above the rain mist.

The Guardians |Irving Cox
At once she went on a feminine exploring expedition of the prefab's interior, and its new, gleaming appointments.

The Planet Strappers |Raymond Zinke Gallun

British Dictionary definitions for prefab

prefab

/ (ˈpriːˌfæb) /

noun

a building that is prefabricated, esp a small house
(as modifier)a prefab house