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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. a deliberately false or improbable account;
[syn: fabrication, fiction, fable]

2. writing in a fictional form;
[syn: fabrication, fictionalization, fictionalisation]

3. the act of making something (a product) from raw materials;
- Example: "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"
- Example: "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"
- Example: "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain"
[syn: fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing]

4. the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery);
[syn: fabrication, assembly]

5. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth;
[syn: lying, prevarication, fabrication]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fabrication \Fab`ri*ca"tion\, n. [L. fabricatio; cf. F.
   fabrication.]
   1. The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing;
      construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a
      bridge, a church, or a government. --Burke.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as, the story is
      doubtless a fabrication.

   Syn: See Fiction.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fabrication
    n 1: a deliberately false or improbable account [syn:
         fabrication, fiction, fable]
    2: writing in a fictional form [syn: fabrication,
       fictionalization, fictionalisation]
    3: 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" [syn: fabrication,
       manufacture, manufacturing]
    4: the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
       [syn: fabrication, assembly] [ant: disassembly,
       dismantlement, dismantling]
    5: the deliberate act of deviating from the truth [syn: lying,
       prevarication, fabrication]