adj
Meaning 1
Prefabricated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
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noun
Meaning 2
A prefabricated building.
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noun
Meaning 3
A prefabricated section of a building.
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noun
Meaning 4
A single-storey prefabricated home built in many British cities immediately after World War II, intended to have a short life, but in a few cases still in use.
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Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 5
A reusable object in a video game world.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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verb
Meaning 6
To prefabricate.
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Usage: transitive
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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- a pre structure
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noun
Meaning 8
a prefabricated structure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: structure, construction
History
Etymology
A clipping.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 板房 (bǎnfáng) — prefabricated building
- Chinese Mandarin: 工棚 (gōngpéng) — prefabricated building
- Chinese Mandarin: 集裝箱 /集装箱 (jízhuāngxiāng) — prefabricated building
- Chinese Mandarin: 活動板房 /活动板房 (huódòng bǎnfáng) — prefabricated building
- Chinese Mandarin: 預製板房 /预制板房 (yùzhì bǎnfáng) — prefabricated building
- Chinese Mandarin: 鐵皮房 /铁皮房 (tiěpífáng) — prefabricated building
- Finnish: valmistalo — prefabricated building
- Japanese: プレハブ (purehabu) — prefabricated building
- Turkish: prefabrik ev — prefabricated building
- Finnish: elementti — prefabricated section of a building
- Japanese: プレハブ (purehabu) — prefabricated section of a building