prefabbed

Made before assembly

Prefabbed means prefabricated—manufactured in sections elsewhere and assembled on site.

A prefabbed house or building arrives as ready-made components.

The word is informal, treating the formal term casually: They prefabbed the whole structure in a factory and trucked it in.

construction

modular

Made of separable units

volumetric · offsite · assembled · manufactured · sections · components · units · kit · framework · structural

temporary

portable

Able to be carried

mobile · pop-up · interim · provisional · removable · reusable

efficiency

cost-effective

Giving good return cheaply

standardized · mass-produced · predictable · budget-friendly · economical · consistent · optimized · lean · productive

aesthetic

minimalist

One favoring bare essentials

boxy · utilitarian · cookie-cutter · repetitive · industrial · functional · compact · open-plan · simple · stark

Opposites
construction method

prefabbedcustom-built

Manufactured to individual requirements

hand-built · on-location

customization

prefabbedcustom-made

Made to individual order

bespoke · tailor-made · handcrafted · one-of-a-kind · made-to-order

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G