fabricated
Americanadjective
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made by art or skill and labor.
For the staircases, the ceramics manufacturer supplied a specially fabricated porcelain tile resembling natural stone.
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made by assembling parts or sections.
Plywood is a fabricated wood board made of three or more panels of wood veneer laid one on top of another.
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(of a lie, story, excuse, etc.) devised or invented.
That is a wholly fabricated allegation without any foundation whatsoever.
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faked or forged.
Scientists reported that the fabricated fossil had been made up of parts of a primitive bird and a dinosaur, glued together by a farmer.
verb
Other Word Forms
- quasi-fabricated adjective
- unfabricated adjective
- well-fabricated adjective
Etymology
Origin of fabricated
First recorded in 1770–80; fabricate + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective senses; fabricate + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb sense
Example Sentences
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The structures are fabricated using two-photon polymerization lithography with commercial 3D printing systems.
From Science Daily
The ISM PMI tracks apparel, wood products, chemicals, plastics, fabricated metals, and primary metals, among others.
From Barron's
Friedman said “it looked very realistic” until a colleague tried searching for the studies only to discover they were completely fabricated.
It warned of "the spread on the internet and social networks of offers for sale of photographs, AI-assisted montages, and all kinds of media" reproducing her image, including "in fabricated situations".
From BBC
He and other resistance volunteers fabricated fake ID cards and sent letters to Germans urging them to oppose Nazi aggression.
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