fabricated

[ fab-ri-key-tid ]
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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.

  1. (of a lie, story, excuse, etc.) devised or invented: That is a wholly fabricated allegation without any foundation whatsoever.

  2. 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.

Origin of fabricated

1
First recorded in 1770–80; fabricate + -ed2 for the adjective senses; fabricate + -ed1 for the verb sense

Other words from fabricated

  • qua·si-fab·ri·cat·ed, adjective
  • un·fab·ri·cat·ed, adjective
  • well-fab·ri·cat·ed, adjective

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