1. fable, fabrication, fiction

a deliberately false or improbable account

• fable
• fiction

2. fabrication, fictionalisation, fictionalization

writing in a fictional form

• fictionalisation
• fictionalization

3. fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing

the act of making something (a product) from raw materials

Example Sentences:
'the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals'
'an improvement in the manufacture of explosives'
'manufacturing is vital to Great Britain'

• manufacture
• manufacturing

4. assembly, fabrication

the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

• assembly

5. fabrication, lying, prevarication

the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

• lying
• prevarication