prefabnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpriː.fæb/us/ˈpriː.fæb/informala small house that can be built quickly from pieces that have been made in a factory:
After the Second World War lots of prefabs were put up to ease the housing crisis.
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Houses & homes
- A-frame
- almshouse
- apartment
- apartment building
- apt
- flatlet
- flophouse
- garden apartment
- garden flat
- gated community
- public housing
- pueblo
- Quonset hut
- ranch house
- rest home
- villa
- walk-up
- wigwam
- workhouse
- yurt
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