: a prefabricated structure
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Noun
The company sells hundreds of prefabs every year.
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Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025
The retailer is selling a sleek, solar-ready prefab tiny house, available in both 20- and 40-foot models, that folds out in hours and feels shockingly spacious once expanded—all for under $16,000.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2024
The church property is a sloping, eighteen-acre plot of land that contains the main tent, a prefab where the church holds school, a small building for the Spanish-speaking contingent, and administrative offices.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
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Adjective
This customizable prefab home comes ready to build, with room to add multiple bedrooms, a full bathroom, an eat-in kitchen, and an open living room.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025
The retailer is selling a sleek, solar-ready prefab tiny house, available in both 20- and 40-foot models, that folds out in hours and feels shockingly spacious once expanded—all for under $16,000.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
Noun
Normally, textures, sprites, models, shaders, prefabs, etc are all saved locally and loaded at the beginning of each level.
—New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2024
The church property is a sloping, eighteen-acre plot of land that contains the main tent, a prefab where the church holds school, a small building for the Spanish-speaking contingent, and administrative offices.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
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“Prefab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prefab. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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