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fabric

Pronunciation: /ˈfæb.ɹɪk/

The English word “fabric” has 11 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An edifice or building.
  2. The act of constructing, construction, fabrication.
  3. The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make.
  4. The physical material of a building.
  5. The framework underlying a structure.
  6. A material made of fibers; especially, a woven one.
  7. The texture of a cloth.
  8. The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
  9. The fired clay material of pottery artifacts.
  10. Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.

verb

  1. To cover with fabric.

Etymology

Borrowed from French fabrique, from Latin fabrica (“a workshop, art, trade, product of art, structure, fabric”), from faber (“artisan, workman”). Doublet of fabrica, borrowed from Latin, and forge, borrowed from Old French.

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