: a prefabricated structure
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Noun
The company sells hundreds of prefabs every year.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025
Keep reading to learn more about the customizable prefab house.
—Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 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
As cities become more crowded and backyard space gains value, this European design could inspire the next generation of American prefab housing.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025
Keep reading to learn more about the customizable prefab house.
—Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 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 31 Jul. 2025.
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