Dictionary

prefab en · ADJ

Etymology

A clipping.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Prefabricated.

Forms

prefab en · NOUN

Etymology

A clipping.

Meanings

1. A prefabricated building.
   • Having donned our PPE, we walk through the site to the prefab that controls access to the tunnel. 2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 41:
2. A prefabricated section of a building.
3. (UK) A single-storey prefabricated home built in many British cities immediately after World War II, intended to have a short life, but in a few cases still in use.
4. A reusable object in a video game world.

Forms

Translations (11)

tr prefabrik ev (prefabricated building) · fi valmistalo (prefabricated building) · cmn 板房 (prefabricated building) · ja プレハブ (prefabricated section of a building) · cmn 集裝箱 /集装箱 (prefabricated building) · fi elementti (prefabricated section of a building) · cmn 工棚 (prefabricated building) · cmn 預製板房 /预制板房 (prefabricated building) · cmn 活動板房 /活动板房 (prefabricated building) · ja プレハブ (prefabricated building) · cmn 鐵皮房 /铁皮房 (prefabricated building)

prefab en · VERB

Etymology

A clipping.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To prefabricate.

Forms

Deriveds

prefabber

Relateds

self-build · spec home