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FABRICATED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fabricated mean?
• FABRICATED (adjective)
The adjective FABRICATED has 1 sense:
1. formed or conceived by the imagination
Familiarity information: FABRICATED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Formed or conceived by the imagination
Synonyms:
fabricated; fancied; fictional; fictitious
Context example:
a fictional character
Similar:
unreal (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria)
Context examples
A procedure used to acquire a negative reproduction of an oral structure for the purpose of producing a positive model or cast of the structure upon which restorations, prostheses, and dentures are fabricated.
(Dental Impression, NCI Thesaurus)
Bromoethene is mainly used in the production of polymers and copolymers for rubber, plastic, leather and fabricated metal production.
(Bromoethene, NCI Thesaurus)
With a gelling agent commonly used in preparing pastries, researchers from the Inspired Nanomaterials and Tissue Engineering Laboratory have successfully fabricated an injectable bandage to stop bleeding and promote wound healing.
(Injectable Bandage Created, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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