Fable - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈfeɪbl|
Brit.
|ˈfeɪb(ə)l|
noun
- a deliberately false or improbable account (syn: fabrication, fiction)
- a short moral story (often with animal characters) (syn: allegory, apologue, parable)
- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events (syn: legend)
- a short moral story (often with animal characters) (syn: allegory, apologue, parable)
- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events (syn: legend)
Extra examples
The story that he won the battle single-handedly is a mere fable.
He combines fact and fable to make a more interesting story.
We grew the fable of the city where we dwelt. (A. Tennyson)
...a fable about personal redemption presented in the garb of a conventional horror story...
...a fable about the tarry of two Americans in a Scottish village that every century magically comes into existence for a day...
The reality is embroiled with fable and legend.
Word forms
noun
singular: fable
plural: fables
singular: fable
plural: fables
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