mock-up

American  

[mok-uhp] / ˈmɒkˌʌp /

Or mockup

noun

1. a model, often full-size, for study, testing, or teaching.

   a mock-up of an experimental aircraft.

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mock-up British  

noun

1. a working full-scale model of a machine, apparatus, etc, for testing, research, etc

2. a layout of printed matter

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verb

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

Etymology

Origin of mock-up

First recorded in 1915–20; noun use of verb phrase mock up

Example Sentences

Such is the sensitivity around a nuclear exercise that none of the planes participating are actually carrying even the mock-up weapons.

From Barron's

Recently, he saw a Chicago Transit Authority mock-up of what his block could look like once the station is built.

From The Wall Street Journal

The company built its first full-size mock-up of the plane recently for an industry conference.

From The Wall Street Journal

As well as exploring the outside of the submerged ISS, she can head inside the orbiting lab in another life-sized mock-up located in a huge hangar.

From BBC

In a warehouse in southern Poland, by popular demand, one company has constructed a mock-up of a bomb shelter.

From BBC

Related Words

• copy
• figure
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