• Fab

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /fæb/
    • Rhymes: -æb

    Origin 1

    From fabulous, by shortening

    Full definition of fab

    Adjective

    fab

    1. fabulous (great or spectacular). The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 652 (ISBN 0-395-44895-6)

    Derived terms

    Origin 2

    From fabricate and its derived terms, by shortening

    Noun

    fab

    (plural fabs)
    1. A manufacturing plant which fabricates items, particularly silicon chips.Hundreds were put out of work when the chip fab shut down.

    Synonyms

    Verb

    1. fabricate, especially in the context of fabbersIt uses digital data from a computer to “fab” products and models of new products. http://www.ennex.com/~fabbers/publish/FAB-ulous.asp

    Anagrams

    © Wiktionary