: a prefabricated structure
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Noun
The company sells hundreds of prefabs every year.
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Sam Lubell, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Using these prefab databases is similar to filling in a spreadsheet.
—PC Magazine, 5 May 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
Meanwhile, prefab construction represented just 3% of single-family homes in the U.S. in 2023, according to the National Assn. of Homebuilders.
—Sam Lubell, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Using these prefab databases is similar to filling in a spreadsheet.
—PC Magazine, 5 May 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 26 May. 2025.
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