fabricate

Verb

put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; ; ; He manufactured a popular cereal"
- "the company fabricates plastic chairs"
make up something artificial or untrue
To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.
To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.
To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.

Examples

to fabricate a bridge or ship
to fabricate a lie or story
to fabricate computer chips

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English fabricaten (“to fashion, make”), from Latin fabricātus, perfect active participle of fabricor (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fabrica (“a fabric, building”) + -or (verb-forming suffix); see fabric and forge. Cognate with French fabriquer.

Synonyms

construct, cook up, invent, make up, manufacture, confabulate, trump up

Scrabble Score: 16

fabricate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
fabricate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fabricate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

fabricate: valid Words With Friends Word