fabrication

[fab-ri-key-shuhn] Example Sentences Origin

fab·ri·ca·tion

[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.

Origin:
1475–1500; < Latin fabricātiōn- (stem of fabricātiō). See fabricate, -ion


2. See fiction.

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Fabrication is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example Sentences
  • On one side stands art that screams money and off-the-charts fabrication costs.
  • Either refrain from the fabrication and lies or backup your claims with my actual statements.
  • We're also looking at computerized fabrication technologies.
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fabricate (ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪt)
 
vb
1.  to make, build, or construct
2.  to devise, invent, or concoct (a story, lie, etc)
3.  to fake or forge
 
[C15: from Latin fabricāre to build, make, from fabrica workshop; see fabric]
 
fabri'cation
 
n
 
'fabricative
 
adj
 
'fabricator
 
n

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fabrication
c.1500, manufacturing, from L. fabricationem, noun of action from fabricare (see fabricate). Meaning lying, falsehood, forgery is from late 18c.
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