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affricative
affricative
n : a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a
fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in
`chair' and `j' in `joy') [syn: {affricate}, {affricate
consonant}]


fabricate
fabricate
v 1: put together out of components or parts; "the company
fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small
toys" [syn: {manufacture}, {construct}]
2: make up something artificial or untrue [syn: {manufacture},
{cook up}, {make up}, {invent}]


fabrication
fabrication
n 1: a deliberately false or improbable account [syn: {fiction},
{fable}]
2: writing in a fictional form [syn: {fictionalization}, {fictionalisation}]
3: 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}]
4: the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
[syn: {assembly}] [ant: {dismantling}]
5: the deliberate act of deviating from the truth [syn: {lying},
{prevarication}]


fricative
fricative
adj : of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a
constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both
`thin' and `then') [syn: {sibilant}, {spirant}]

fricative
n : a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a
narrowing of the vocal tract [syn: {fricative consonant},
{spirant}]

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