FABRICATION

lying, prevarication, fabrication

(noun) the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

fabrication, assembly

(noun) the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing

(noun) the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; “the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals”; “an improvement in the manufacture of explosives”; “manufacturing is vital to Great Britain”

fabrication, fictionalization, fictionalisation

(noun) writing in a fictional form

fabrication, fiction, fable

(noun) a deliberately false or improbable account

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fabrication (countable and uncountable, plural fabrications)

(uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture

(countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood

(cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.

Source: Wiktionary


Fab`ri*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. fabricatio; cf. F. fabrication.]

1. The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government. Burke.

2. That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as, the story is doubtless a fabrication.

Syn.

– See Fiction.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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