fabrication : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fabrication	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fabrication
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fabrication n a deliberately false or improbable account [syn: fabrication, fiction, fable] writing in a fictional form Synonym(s): fabrication, fictionalization, fictionalisation 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" Synonym(s): fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) Synonym(s): fabrication, assembly Antonym(s): disassembly, dismantlement, dismantling the deliberate act of deviating from the truth Synonym(s): lying, prevarication, fabrication
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fabrication \Fab`rica"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. 2. That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as, the story is doubtless a fabrication. Syn: See {Fiction}.