n. 25B6; noun
the story was a complete fabrication : INVENTION, concoction, (piece of) fiction, falsification, lie, untruth, falsehood, fib, myth, made-up story, fairy story/tale, cock-and-bull story; white lie, half-truth, exaggeration; informal tall story, whopper; Brit. informal porky (pie).
the lintels are galvanized after fabrication : MANUFACTURE, creation, production; construction, building, assembly, forming, fashioning.