fabrication
/fæbɹɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun
Forms fabrications
- noun (uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture “the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government”
- noun (countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood. “The story is doubtless a fabrication.”
- noun (cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.
Synonyms
fiction fable fictionalization fictionalisation manufacture manufacturing assembly lying prevarication
Etymology
From Middle French fabrication, from Latin fabricatio. Equivalent to fabricate + -ion.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government. Burke.
- noun That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as, the story is doubtless a fabrication.
Etymology [L. fabricatio; cf. F. fabrication.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “fabrication”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details