English

Pronunciation
IPA|fæb
SAMPA|/f{b/
rhymes|æb

Adjective
fab (compar fabber or more fab, superl fabbest or most fab)

1. short for fabulous (great or spectacular). <ref>The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 652 (ISBN 0-395-44895-6)</ref>
2. (in composition) short for fabricated, as in prefab|pre-fab.

Noun
fab

1. A manufacturing plant which fabricates items, particularly silicon chips.

#: Hundreds were put out of work when the chip fab shut down.

Verb
en-verb|fabs|fabbing|fabbed

1. short for fabricate, especially in the context of fabbers

#: It uses digital data from a computer to â��fabâ�� products and models of new products. ¹

Related terms
fabber
fabulous
pre-fab

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