"fab lab" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-fab lab.ogg [Australia] Forms: fab labs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fab lab (plural fab labs)
  1. (slang) A small-scale workshop with the ability to fabricate almost everything, including products generally perceived as limited to mass production. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-fab_lab-en-noun-3MiuqwCS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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