Fabrication

//fæbɹɪˈkeɪʃən// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture uncountable

    "the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government"

  2. 2
    the deliberate act of deviating from the truth wordnet
  3. 3
    That which is fabricated; a falsehood. countable

    "The story is doubtless a fabrication."

  4. 4
    the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) wordnet
  5. 5
    The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery. countable, uncountable

    "For many years meat fabrication was done by hand, with the butchers improving their craft with the advent of higher quality metals, knives, and tools. With the coming of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-1800s, meat processing changed."

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  1. 6
    the act of making something (a product) from raw materials wordnet
  2. 7
    writing in a fictional form wordnet
  3. 8
    a deliberately false or improbable account wordnet

Synonyms

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falsityalternative factanatomyarchitectonicsarchitecturearrangement

Example

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"I heard that a gay priest had been promoted to the rank of bishop, but it turned out to be a fabrication."

Etymology

From Middle French fabrication, from Latin fabricatio. Equivalent to fabricate + -ion.

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