Definition of prefab
: produced by prefabrication : prefabricated
- a prefab house
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While the McCormick House is clearly a one-of-a-kind structure, John McKinnon, the museum’s executive director, explained that originally it was intended as a prototype for prefab or modular housing.
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The two prefab modules have parts of their mass subtracted to create a double-height entryway and covered terrace.
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People would move out of tent camps into simple prefab shelters, which could gradually be improved as people gained income from industries that would locate nearby.
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Cabin on the Border is constructed from laminated wood and polycarbonate and is powered by solar panels on the roof and features a rain catchment system—making this prefab cabin completely off-grid.
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Better then, to simply take this extraordinary material in without fitting it into a prefab mold.
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Likewise, the studio has addressed player complaints of slow building speeds by adding a grenade that explodes into prefab forts.
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JavaScript has also been around for so long that lots of buggy prefab code exists in libraries around the web, and frequently gets incorporated into unsuspecting websites.
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The prefab storage sheds are an upgrade from the first set.
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First Known Use of prefab
1937
Definition of prefab
: a prefabricated structure
Examples of prefab in a Sentence
The company sells hundreds of prefabs every year.
Recent Examples of prefab from the Web
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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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The Fox station in Madison opted not to run the prefab script.
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Less than 3 percent of housing starts in the United States in 2016 were some sort of prefab.
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In the early days of prefab, the designs were limited.
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The architects, builders and manufacturers working with prefab are also top-notch.
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Pricing is of course another major benefit of modern prefab.
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First Known Use of prefab
1942
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Definition of prefab for English Language Learners
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: a prefabricated building (such as a house)
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