fabricate

fab·ri·cate (fab′ri kāt′)

transitive verb -·cat′ed, -·cat′·ing

Etymology: ME fabricaten < L fabricatus, pp. of fabricari, to construct, build < fabrica: see fabric

fab′·ri·ca′·tor noun

To construct
erect, make, form; see build 1, manufacture 1.
To misrepresent
make up, contrive, prevaricate; see invent 2, lie 1.
To assemble
put together, fit together, compose, join; see assemble 3. See syn. study at lie, make.

Object

nanostructures: A combination of top-down and bottom-up processes will be used to fabricate composite nanostructures from these materials.
pre: International agencies are investing heavily in temporary pre fabricated buildings to provide as many homes as possible before winter.
allegation: He accuses his political rivals in the region of fabricating the allegations.
bracket: Thursday 5th July 2001 A start was been made on fabricating the frame support brackets.
story: Iraq's bloody history has never accommodated fabricated stories of western concern for human rights.
steel: Donated Seats - Southend Pier There are two types of donated bench available for placement on Southend Pier - hardwood or steel fabricated.

Preposition: on

substrate: Integrated Circuit Electronic components fabricated on a semiconductor substrate.

Preposition: at

size: We suspect it actually means it's sampling chip designs fabricated at that size.
time: More than 2500 devices are fabricated at the same time on a single wafer.

Modifying Another Word

specially: Many tees are now specially fabricated to meet the demands of active lifestyles.
completely: The scarcity of diamonds is completely fabricated by the De Beers family.
entirely: The steel boxes would be entirely fabricated in Europe and would need only to fitted out on the inside after their arrival in Sinai.
successfully: A series of over 50 different composite multi-layers were successfully fabricated in our laboratory.
totally: That was total rubbish, it was made up from start to finish, totally fabricated.
simply: Muhammad simply fabricated this accusation against them to cover up his embarrassment, implying that he was not the only one who went astray.

Infinitive complement

fit: Localized enclosures - Can be fabricated to fit around specific dust sources on site.

Preposition: in

steel: The covers are 75mm deep as standard and are fabricated in 6mm steel.

Preposition: from

steel: Products are fabricated from steel for commercial vehicle bodies or the CCTV industry.
material: The turntable employs a particularly heavy chassis fabricated from a special wood material.
metal: Add an axis carrying the materials variable and... what would it look like fabricated from metal?

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