mock-up

or mock·up

[mok-uhp]

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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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Related Words

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Examples from the Web for mock-up

Contemporary Examples

“WANTED,” the ad reads in a mock-up of old-style Wild West posters.
Texas Calls All Gun-Toting Yanks
David Freedlander
January 16, 2013
Contemporary jewelry designer Chris Habana just released a mock-up of the bra in necklace form.
Bra of the Century
Rebecca Dana
June 15, 2010
He was propped up in his bed with a mock-up of the cover of his new novel in hand.
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Jane Hitchcock
August 27, 2009
In the end, she used the orange to mock-up versions of the dress, then promptly forgot it.
The Slumdog Stylist
Dale Hrabi
November 22, 2008

Historical Examples

"They must have clamped him into some mock-up," Scriven murmured.
The Brain
Alexander Blade

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

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verb mock up

(tr, adverb) to build or make a mock-up of

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