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mock-up

or mock·up

[ mok-uhp ]
/ ˈmɒkˌʌp /
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noun
a model, often full-size, for study, testing, or teaching: a mock-up of an experimental aircraft.
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Origin of mock-up

First recorded in 1915–20; noun use of verb phrase mock up
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Words related to mock-up

copy, figure, image, painting, photograph, picture, portrait, model, precursor, cartoon, clone, copycat, ditto, dummy, duplicate, effigy, engraving, facsimile, figurine, illustration

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British Dictionary definitions for mock-up

mock-up
noun
a working full-scale model of a machine, apparatus, etc, for testing, research, etc
a layout of printed matter
verb mock up
(tr, adverb) to build or make a mock-up of
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