: a prefabricated structure
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Noun
The company sells hundreds of prefabs every year.
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2024
How about a prefab house that features an expansive wall of floor-to-ceiling windows?
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2024
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
Kappe, who passed away in 2019 at age 92, designed numerous multi-family, prefab, educational, public, industrial, and commercial buildings, as well as 100 custom residences, during his lengthy career.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2024
How about a prefab house that features an expansive wall of floor-to-ceiling windows?
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2024
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 21 Dec. 2024.
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