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assemble, fashion, form, make, manufacture, produce: The basic
structure was fabricated of steel. 2 invent, create, originate,
make up, manufacture, concoct, think up, imagine, hatch, devise,
design: Numerous lies, fabricated by politicians, were already
in circulation. 3 forge, falsify, counterfeit, fake, feign,
manufacture; trump up, Colloq cook up, Brit cook: He admitted
to having fabricated the data in his application.
fabrication
n. 1 construction, assembly, assemblage, making, fashioning,
production, manufacture, putting together, building, erection,
formation, formulation, structuring, constructing, organization,
forming, framing, architecture: The fabrication of thousands of
parts took only a month. 2 invention, creation, origination,
make-up, manufacture, hatching, concoction, contrivance, design:
Only Vanessa could have been responsible for the fabrication of
such a diabolical plot. 3 falsehood, lie, fib, prevarication,
story, tale, untruth, fiction, yarn, fable; falsification,
forgery, fake, sham, Colloq cock-and-bull story, Brit fairy
story, fairy tale: His war record is a complete fabrication.
fabulous adj. 1 fabled, mythic(al), celebrated, legendary, storied,
fictitious, fictional, unreal, fanciful, imaginary, story-book,
fairy-tale: Greek mythology tells us of a fabulous winged horse
called Pegasus. 2 fantastic, marvellous, incredible,
unbelievable, inconceivable, wonderful, astounding, astonishing,
amazing, wondrous, extraordinary, miraculous, phenomenal:
Houses in London were selling at fabulous prices. 3 superb,
marvellous, terrific, great, wonderful, Colloq great, super,
smashing, thumping, whopping, thundering, rattling, howling, US
neat, keen, Slang fab, hot, far-out, cool, Old-fashioned
fantabulous, in the groove, groovy, ace, Brit magic, US and
Canadian copacetic: I saw an absolutely fabulous new film the
other night.
face n. 1 visage, countenance, physiognomy, features, lineaments,
Slang mug, mush, kisser, pan, puss, Brit phiz, phizog, dial,
clock: I don't like the expression on your face. 2 look,
appearance, aspect, expression, mien: He has the face of
someone who is very proud of himself. Modern farming has changed
the face of the countryside. 3 mask, veneer, fa‡ade, front,
camouflage, pretence, disguise, (false) impression, semblance,
masquerade: She puts on a bold face, but we know she was deeply