| Noun | 1. | creating from raw materials - the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it baking - making bread or cake or pastry etc. creation, creative activity - the human act of creating recording, transcription - the act of making a record (especially an audio record); "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth" construction, building - the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats" manufacturing, manufacture, fabrication - 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" confection, concoction - the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components lamination - bonding thin sheets together |