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Portakabin

/ ˈpɔːtəˌkæbɪn /

noun

  1. a portable building quickly set up for use as a temporary office, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Health bosses have admitted they still don’t know when a delayed new hospital ward made up of buildings supplied by the firm Portakabin will open.

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In April, nine Portakabin buildings were delivered to the site and were being fitted out as a temporary community facility.

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And while O'Connor admits the training ground is like 'Portakabin city' due to the number of temporary buildings now in use, it is a reminder of where the vision - and the finance - provided by lifelong fan Matthew Benham has taken them.

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"Our boathouse is a couple of shipping containers and a Portakabin, compared to Cambridge University's," he says.

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Portakabin, the York-based firm that has been synonymous with prefab buildings for 60 years, has been at the frontline since mid-February, delivering many of the emergency structures.

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