pre·fab
| \ (ˌ)prē-ˈfab
, ˈprē-ˌfab \
, ˈprē-ˌfab \
Definition of prefab
(Entry 1 of 2)
: produced by prefabrication : prefabricated
a prefab house
prefab
nounDefinition of prefab (Entry 2 of 2)
: a prefabricated structure
Examples of prefab in a Sentence
Noun
The company sells hundreds of prefabs every year.
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
The irony is that the artisanal-cocktail movement was born, in no small part, out of a rejection of prefab drinks.
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Eric Felten, WSJ, "Cocktail Books: Here’s to Simple Pleasures," 24 Dec. 2020
Dwell took readers across the pond to check out an affordable work-from-home solution for Londoners in the form of $6,600 prefab office pods that can be put up in less than a day.
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Los Angeles Times, "Hot Property newsletter: Celebrity home sellers are racking up the sales," 5 Dec. 2020
Interest in a prefab, modular tiny home designed by Ms. Lustado’s firm, Sol Haus Design, soared.
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Emily Nonko, WSJ, "You Don’t Need a Home Office to Work From Home," 4 Dec. 2020
Even the games that seem purely prefab can still have a live element in them.
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Kate Cox, Ars Technica, "Meet the new generation of puzzle-makers bringing mystery to your door," 1 Dec. 2020
Particularly in the Midwest modular and prefab construction have been used for single-family homes that in some cases are a little more cookie-cutter and in North Dakota during the shale boom for man camp workforce-type housing.
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Todd Nelson Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, "Rise Modular CEO aims to 'industrialize construction' with factory-built modular apartments," 18 Oct. 2020
At first, Housley considered buying and building a prefab tiny house, but the idea was deemed impractical for hosting out-of-town visitors and working from home.
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Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful, "Stephanie Housley's Gorgeous Wyoming Cabin Is an Off-the-Grid Dream," 16 Oct. 2020
But this year, forget the the generic, prefab constructions on sale at the grocery store.
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Christopher Michel, Country Living, "How to Make Beautiful Gingerbread House Cottages," 8 Sep. 2020
Or travelers sent overseas, for whom a hotel is the ideal prefab base.
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Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, "When a Hotel Is Home: 10 Insiders on Living With Room Service," 14 May 2020
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
That's where this truck would be happy, on the open road, stoically towing a gigantic prefab shed or a yacht.
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Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, "The Ram 3500 Is Textbook Outrageous," 22 July 2019
Connor Mill-Built Homes constructs prefabs with historically accurate exteriors but all the necessities of modern living.
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Dan Neil, WSJ, "The Fantasy Utility Vehicle: A $300,000 Nostalgia Trip," 27 June 2019
Marius Barstad, a Norwegian plastic surgeon, and his wife, Bente Eger, a sales agent for a fashion company, gave a humdrum 1970s prefab, perched on the edge of Oslo’s inner fjord, a radical makeover.
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J.s. Marcus, WSJ, "Living Large in a Scandinavian Suburb," 3 Oct. 2018
Not without drawbacks Just like every building method, prefab has its hassles.
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Michele Lerner, sacbee, "Prefabs’ appeal is going up quickly," 29 June 2018
High steel prices and a lack of practicality may have hindered them; the prefabs, like the McCormick House, would have had no attic or basement.
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Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, "A less-is-more restoration of a Mies house expands our view of a little-known episode in the famed architect's career," 8 June 2018
The Fox station in Madison opted not to run the prefab script.
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Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Be MKE: Big bonuses for Kohl's execs, influencer marketing and new eats," 4 Apr. 2018
Less than 3 percent of housing starts in the United States in 2016 were some sort of prefab.
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Julie Lasky, New York Times, "Prefab Finds a Home in Fire-Ravaged Neighborhoods of California," 5 Mar. 2018
In the early days of prefab, the designs were limited.
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Sandy Deneau Dunham, The Seattle Times, "A Q&A on prefabricated homes," 7 June 2017
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