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fabricated

American  
[fab-ri-key-tid] / ˈfæb rɪˌkeɪ tɪd /

adjective

  1. made by art or skill and labor.

    For the staircases, the ceramics manufacturer supplied a specially fabricated porcelain tile resembling natural stone.

  2. 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.

  3. (of a lie, story, excuse, etc.) devised or invented.

    That is a wholly fabricated allegation without any foundation whatsoever.

  4. 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

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of fabricate.

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

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