fabrication

[ fab-ri-key-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act or process of fabricating; manufacture.
2. something fabricated, especially an untruthful statement:

   His account of the robbery is a complete fabrication.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fabrication¹

First recorded in 1475–1500; from Latin fabricātiōn- (stem of fabricātiō ). See fabricate, -ion

Synonym Study

See fiction.

Example Sentences

The team hopes that their new bio-inspired microfluidic fabrication technique could be used in various fields of science and engineering, potentially leading to more efficient microreactors, advanced heat exchangers, and innovative tissue engineering scaffolds.

From Science Daily

In other words, our approach aims to use regenerative mechanisms that we have evolved with as fabrication steps to engineer regenerative materials”

From Science Daily

In recent years, there has been increased interest in the fabrication of synthetic materials with pores -- tiny holes -- within the molecules themselves.

From Science Daily

Sometimes they show that they don’t know what they don’t know, and fill in the blanks in their knowledge with fabrications — or as AI developers call them, “hallucinations.”

From Los Angeles Times

When we got a new consigner, I was really excited, because I had seen these karate pants before in other fabrications, but I never saw them in this snakeskin.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• deceit
• falsehood
• fiction
• forgery
• myth
• untruth