fabrication

fab·ri·cate  (fbr-kt)

tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates

1. To make; create.

2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: fabricate small boats.

3. To concoct in order to deceive: fabricated an excuse.

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[Middle English fabricaten, from Latin fabricr, fabrict-, to make, from fabrica, craft; see fabric.]

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fabri·cation n.

fabri·cator n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fabrication - a deliberately false or improbable account fable, fiction falsehood, untruth, falsity - a false statement canard - a deliberately misleading fabrication
	2.	fabrication - writing in a fictional form fictionalisation, fictionalization authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"
	3.	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" manufacturing, manufacture creating from raw materials - the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it formation, shaping - the act of fabricating something in a particular shape newspeak - deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language use to mislead and manipulate the public; "the welfare state brought its own newspeak" prefabrication - the manufacture of sections of a building at the factory so they can be easily and rapidly assembled at the building site
	4.	fabrication - the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) assembly construction, building - the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"
	5.	fabrication - the deliberate act of deviating from the truth lying, prevarication falsification, misrepresentation - a willful perversion of facts fibbing, paltering - a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear

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fabrication

noun

1. forgery, lie, fiction, myth, fake, invention, fable, concoction, falsehood, figment, untruth, porky (Brit. slang), fairy story (informal), pork pie (Brit. slang), cock-and-bull story (informal) She described the interview with her as a 'complete fabrication'.

2. manufacture, production, construction, assembly, erection, assemblage, building More than 200 improvements were made in the design and fabrication of the shuttle.

Translations

fabrication [ˌfæbrɪˈkeɪʃən] N

1. (= manufacture) → fabricación f

2. (fig) → invención f; [of document, evidence] → falsificación f
the whole thing is a fabrication → todo es pura invención or un cuento

fabrication [ˌfæbrɪˈkeɪʃ^ən] n

(= invented story) → invention f

(= manufacture) → fabrication f
fabric conditioner fabric softener n → adoucissant m, assouplissant m
fabric ribbon n (for typewriter) → ruban m

fabrication

n

(= act of inventing) → Erfindung f; (of evidence, confession) → Fälschung f; (= story invented) → Erfindung f, → Lügenmärchen nt; it’s (a) pure fabrication → das ist ein reines Märchen or (eine) reine Erfindung

(= manufacture) → Herstellung f, → Fabrikation f

fabrication [ˌfæbrɪˈkeɪʃ/ən] n → fabbricazione f

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fabrication [ˌfæbrɪˈkeɪʃ/ən] n → fabbricazione f