fabrication

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fabrication

  • /fæbɹɪˈkeɪʃən/ US

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

Where it comes from

From Middle French fabrication, from Latin fabricatio. Equivalent to fabricate + -ion.

noun 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.
  3. countable, uncountable The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery. 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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