a deliberately false or improbable account

[ Syn: fiction , fable ]

writing in a fictional form

[ Syn: fictionalization , fictionalisation ]

the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals; an improvement in the manufacture of explosives; manufacturing is vital to Great Britain

[ Syn: manufacture , manufacturing ]

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

[ Syn: assembly ]

the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

[ Syn: lying , prevarication ]