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prehung

prehung adjective: delivered to the customer as installation-ready unit, already attached to its frame.

Adjective

prehung (not comparable)

  1. Delivered to the customer as installation-ready unit, already attached to its frame.
    • When the prehung steel door was installed, its frame was cemented in place, so there was no way to replace the door, despite the architectural mismatch. Mr. Beauchemin compromised by applying wooden strips along the frame to the top of the transom, to help marry the elements.2007 January 25, Craig Kellogg, “Room to Improve”, in New York Times

Forms of prehung

alternative formpre-hung

Origin of prehung

From pre- + hung.

Questions about prehung

What does prehung mean?
Prehung means delivered to the customer as installation-ready unit, already attached to its frame.
What part of speech is prehung?
Prehung is an adjective.

Words near prehung in the dictionary

  1. prehuman
  2. prehumans
  3. prehumiliation
  4. prehumous
  5. prehumously
  6. prehung
  7. prehunting
  8. prehurricane
  9. prehybridisation
  10. prehybridisations
  11. prehybridised

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