fabrication

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

• (US) IPA^(key): /fæbɹɪˈkeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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

   • 2024 October 14, “What’s the AISC Standard for Steel Building Structures and Why Does it Matter?”, in Peak Steel Buildings‎^[1], archived from the original on 22 January 2026:

     The AISC Standard for Steel Building Structures addresses trade practices and common concerns related to structural steel fabrication and construction.

2. (countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood.

   The story is doubtless a fabrication.

   • 1999 July 9, Bernard Burgoyne, “The Mind”, in The Guardian‎^[2], archived from the original on 9 November 2024:

     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.

• fabricate
• fabricated
• fabricating
• fabric

From fabriquer +‎ -ation.

• IPA^(key): /fa.bʁi.ka.sjɔ̃/

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fabrication f (plural fabrications)

1. manufacture, manufacturing

   Synonym: manufacture

2. fabrication
3. production

• → Turkish: fabrikasyon

• “fabrication”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012