n .
something made up or invent ; a fabrication 지어내거나 꾸며낸 것 ; 거짓말, 지어낸 이야기

• The tree-year-old told his mother there were skeletons under his bed, but they turned out to be just a _____ of his overactive imagination.
• These French-speaking hummingbirds inside my head -- are they real, or are they _____?