prefabhut

noun
UK /ˈpriːfæbhʌt/
US /ˈpriːfæbhʌt/

A prefabhut is a small pretend house you build before the real one.

The children made a prefabhut out of cardboard boxes in the yard.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A quick temporary shelter put up before a permanent building.

Workers slept in a prefabhut while the main cabin was being built.

3. A rough first version of something made to test an idea.

The team built a prefabhut of the app before coding the real thing.

4. A playful name for a tiny house made from a kit.

Their prefabhut arrived in one box and snapped together in an afternoon.