prefab

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

/ adjective, noun ˈpriˌfæb; verb priˈfæb /

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adjective

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.

Words nearby prefab

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

Origin of prefab

First recorded in 1935–40; by shortening

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Examples 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.
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At the prefab dorms on the American base in Kandahar, I ran into my neighbor from the bunk next door.
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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

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prefab

adjective

noun

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

Words related to prefab

Words nearby prefab

Origin of prefab

Examples from the Web for prefab

British Dictionary definitions for prefab

noun