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Synonyms for prefab
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : adjective, noun pree-fab; verb pree-fab |
| Phonetic Transcription : adjective, noun ˈpriˌfæb; verb priˈfæb |
Top 10 synonyms for prefab Other synonyms for the word prefab
- accomplish
- ad lib
- architecture
- arrangement
- assembly
- batch
- billet
- bivouac
- brainstorm
- brew
- build
- camp
- cantonment
- carve
- cast
- cobble
- cobble up
- compose
- composition
- compound
- conception
- constitute
- constitution
- contour
- cook up
- cut
- design
- disposition
- dormitory
- dream up
- edifice
- elevate
- elevation
- encampment
- enclosure
- engineer
- envisage
- envision
- erect
- erecting
- erection
- establish
- execute
- fabric
- fabricate
- fabricating
- fabrication
- fashion
- figuration
- figure
- fit together
- forge
- form
- format
- formation
- formulate
- found
- foundation
- frame
- fudge together
- garrison
- hammer out
- hatch
- head trip
- headquarters
- hoke up
- hut
- imagine
- improvisation
- invent
- invention
- join
- knock together
- machine
- make
- make up
- makeup
- making
- manufacture
- mass-produce
- mature
- mill
- mix
- mold
- organize
- originate
- origination
- outline
- piece together
- plan
- planning
- plot
- prefab
- prefabrication
- prepare
- process
- produce
- project
- put out
- put together
- put up
- putting up
- quarters
- Quonset hut
- raise
- raising
- rear
- rearing
- roadwork
- scheme
- set up
- shape
- slap together
- structure
- synthesize
- system
- systematization
- tent
- think up
- throw together
- throw up
- tool
- trump up
- turn
- turn out
- type
- uprear
- vamp
- whip up
- whomp up
Définition of prefab
Origin :- 1937, short for prefabricated (see prefabricate). As a noun, "prefabricated housing," from 1942.
- As in barracks : noun shelter for military
- As in construction : noun creation, building
- As in manufacture : verb build, produce
- As in concoct : verb formulate, think up
- As in construct : verb assemble, build
- As in fabricate : verb manufacture
- Mryna thought there might be one man living in a kind of prefab somehow suspended above the rain mist.
- Extract from : « The Guardians » by Irving Cox
- The first inarticulate roar was followed by a babel of voices, like a tropical cloudburst on a prefab hut.
- Extract from : « A Slave is a Slave » by Henry Beam Piper
- At once she went on a feminine exploring expedition of the prefab's interior, and its new, gleaming appointments.
- Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
- The walls are prefab plastic sheet, the rest is standard fittings slung in and bolted down with the fastenings showing.
- Extract from : « The Lost Kafoozalum » by Pauline Ashwell
- Jack Holloway landed the manipulator in front of the cluster of prefab huts.
- Extract from : « Little Fuzzy » by Henry Beam Piper
Antonyms for prefab
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