FABRICATION


Meaning of FABRICATION in English

ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈkāshən noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English fabricacioun, from Latin fabrication-, fabricatio, from fabricatus + -ion-, -io -ion

1. : the act or process of fabricating: as

a. : the assembly of materials into structure

fabrication of a bridge

b. : the invention or utterance of something calculated to deceive

the unconscious fabrication of an honest man trying to put his best foot forward

c. : the process of converting one form of metal into another (as ingots into rolled shapes, rolled shapes into structural members, castings into weldments, wire into springs, forgings into gears)

2. : a product of fabrication: as

a. : falsehood , deceit , forgery

all the petty fabrications with which he hoped to fool his fellows

b. : a fabricated structure or structural element

the whole fabrication of the house

Synonyms: see fiction

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.