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fabricated

[ fab-ri-key-tid ]
/ ˈfæb rɪˌkeɪ tɪd /
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adjective
made by art or skill and labor: For the staircases, the ceramics manufacturer supplied a specially fabricated porcelain tile resembling natural stone.
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.
(of a lie, story, excuse, etc.) devised or invented: That is a wholly fabricated allegation without any foundation whatsoever.
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
the simple past tense and past participle of fabricate.
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Origin of fabricated

fabricate + -ed2 for the adjective senses; fabricate + -ed1 for the verb sense

OTHER WORDS FROM fabricated

qua·si-fab·ri·cat·ed, adjectiveun·fab·ri·cat·ed, adjectivewell-fab·ri·cat·ed, adjective
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