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fabrication

English

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Etymology

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From Middle French fabrication, from Latin fabricatio.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fabrication (countable and uncountable, plural fabrications)

  1. (uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
    the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government
  2. (countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood.
    The story is doubtless a fabrication.
    • 1999 July 9, Bernard Burgoyne, “The Mind”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      The conscious mind refuses to admit any failure to perceive, and puts in its place a series of rationalisations which are fabrications and distortions of the real nature of things.
  3. (cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.
    • 2011, Thomas Schneller, Kitchen Pro Series: Guide to Purchasing, page 92:
      For many years meat fabrication was done by hand, with the butchers improving their craft with the advent of higher quality metals, knives, and tools. With the coming of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-1800s, meat processing changed.
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fabrication f (plural fabrications)

  1. manufacture, manufacturing
  2. fabrication
  3. production

Descendants

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  • → Turkish: fabrikasyon

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