From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishprefabpre‧fab /ˈpriːfæb $ ˌpriːˈfæb/ noun [countable] informalTB a small prefabricated building
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prefab• Standards are so high that guests never suspect they are bathing in a prefab and installation is quick and easy.• Hugh spent the 1950S clearing space for prefabs.• People have prefabs with big gardens.• I sat and tried to stay calm turning the pages of a Country Life so old it was still selling off prefabs.• Demolish all the prefabs and get on with the high flats.• He got one a week later - the prefab we lived in until I was eleven.Origin prefab (1900-2000) prefabricated 