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fabricated

fabricated is the simple past and past participle of fabricate.

Adjective

fabricated (not comparable)

  1. Constructed or assembled.
    • Most of the strength of the locomotive's fabricated underframe is derived from the two side girders that carry the body support struts; [...].1960 December, “The first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 728
  2. False in the sense of made-up, constructed.
    • During the debate, he filibusters with fabricated stories about his nonexistent children and defends empty stances simply to drain his audience of their will to live.2023 August, ““What We Do in the Shadows” prepared us for the disbelief that met the latest Jan. 6 indictment”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Meaning of fabricate

Verb

fabricate (third-person singular simple present fabricates, present participle fabricating, simple past and past participle fabricated)

  1. (transitive) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.
    • to fabricate a bridge or ship
    Synonyms:
    manufacture
  2. (transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.
    • to fabricate computer chips
    Synonyms:
    manufacture
  3. (transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
    • to fabricate a lie or story
  4. (transitive) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.

Words formed from fabricated

Questions about fabricated

What does fabricated mean?
Fabricated means constructed or assembled.
What is fabricated the simple past and past participle of?
Fabricated is the simple past and past participle of fabricate.
What part of speech is fabricated?
Fabricated is an adjective.

Words near fabricated in the dictionary

  1. fabricae
  2. fabricant
  3. fabricants
  4. fabricas
  5. fabricate
  6. fabricated
  7. fabricates
  8. fabricating
  9. fabrication
  10. fabrications
  11. fabricative

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