prefab
Short for prefabricated — describing buildings or building sections manufactured off-site in standard sections and assembled on location.
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Prefab cabin. Factory-finished. On your site in 7 days. SAMAN Portable — pan-India delivery from Bangalore & Greater Noida. 📞 9708989937 zurl.co/nSitU
Prefab Sprout hitting the spot for #TuneTuesday for this week's #guitarsandstrings theme. "We were quoted out of context, it was great" https://youtu.be/z-KIHpU2Ly8?si=CSQ8KkKhw4uGtulC
I've had a terrible earworm for weeks and it's Prefab Sprout's when the angels and I think it's an earworm because I'm suddenly appreciating it more than I did. There are so many great songs on that album that it's ea…
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Short for prefabricated — describing buildings or building sections manufactured off-site in standard sections and assembled on location. After World War II, thousands of prefab homes were built in Britain to address the housing shortage, giving the word strong working-class associations. In gaming contexts, prefab refers to a reusable pre-built object or template.
They grew up in a prefab on the edge of town, one of hundreds built in the postwar years.
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Prefabricated.
“Prefab cabin. Factory-finished. On your site in 7 days. SAMAN Portable — pan-India delivery from Bangalore & Greater Noida. 📞 9708989937 zurl.co/nSitU”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Prefab Sprout hitting the spot for #TuneTuesday for this week's #guitarsandstrings theme. "We were quoted out of context, it was great" https://youtu.be/z-KIHpU2Ly8?si=CSQ8KkKhw4uGtulC”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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A prefabricated section of a building.
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A prefabricated building.
“I've had a terrible earworm for weeks and it's Prefab Sprout's when the angels and I think it's an earworm because I'm suddenly appreciating it more than I did. There are so many great songs on that album that it's easy to miss a quiet brilliant song.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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