(n) the act of making something (a product) from raw materials, Syn. manufacturing, manufacture, Example:the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals; an improvement in the manufacture of explosives; manufacturing is vital to Great Britain
n. [ L. fabricatio; cf. F. fabrication. ] 1. The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as, the story is doubtless a fabrication.