fabrication
Other forms: fabrications
A fabrication is something made up, like a lie. Telling your boss that the subway broke down when in fact you just forgot to set your alarm is a fabrication.
The word fabrication was originally used to talk about manufacturing or construction, and it referred to the act of assembling something. Tires and steering wheels are necessary materials for automobile fabrication. Nowadays, the word fabrication is usually used to refer to the act of coming up with a story out of thin air. In this sense, a book of fiction is a fabrication, as is the lie you tell your girlfriend to explain why you forgot her birthday (again).
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the act of making something (a product) from raw materials“the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals”
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synonyms:
manufacture, manufacturing
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formation, shaping
the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
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newspeak
deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language use to mislead and manipulate the public
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prefabrication
the manufacture of sections of a building at the factory so they can be easily and rapidly assembled at the building site
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filing
the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)
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forging
shaping metal by heating and hammering
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metalwork, metalworking
the activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner
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granulation
the act of forming something into granules or grains
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grooving, rifling
the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm
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turning
the activity of shaping something on a lathe
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creating from raw materials
the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it
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the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
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synonyms:
assembly
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disassembly, dismantlement, dismantling
the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)
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type of:
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building, construction
the act of constructing something
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disassembly, dismantlement, dismantling
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a deliberately false or improbable account
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the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
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synonyms:
lying, prevarication
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falsification, misrepresentation
a willful perversion of facts
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falsification, misrepresentation
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writing in a fictional form
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synonyms:
fictionalisation, fictionalization
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authorship, composition, penning, writing
the act of creating written works
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authorship, composition, penning, writing
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