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
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
Explanation
Something that's fabricated is faked or invented, like a fabricated story about how the dog ate your homework. Trust us, no one believes that. If a journalist uses fabricated quotes, it means he made them up, and if a police officer uses fabricated evidence, it means she deliberately planted or falsified it. Some fabricated things are literally manufactured, like the fabricated parts used to build a car. Both senses of this adjective come from the verb fabricate, "construct" or "make," and share a root with fabric that means "fit together."
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Example Sentences
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Finally, the scientists used a tiny, specially fabricated oven to evaporate molecules onto the cold crystal, allowing them to settle on the clean surface.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
Geese were always an odd band to pin to anxieties about fabricated culture — if a label had resources and abilities to manufacture stars, why not do it for a 100x-hyperscaling pop act instead?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
The Fort Irwin fighting climaxed with a predawn attack on a fabricated city, Razish, a relic of training for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Police said their safeguards had limited the impact, but that these "do not diminish the seriousness of an AI system presenting fabricated information as though it came from a person with knowledge of a homicide."
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
“Holism,” a fabricated word, has been applied to concepts like the Superorganism.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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