fabric

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[edit] Etymology

From French fabrique, from Latin fabrica (“‘a workshop, art, trade, product of art, structure, fabric’”), from faber (“‘artisan, workman’”).

[edit] Noun

Singular
fabric

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural fabrics

fabric (countable and uncountable; plural fabrics)

  1. (originally) (construction) structure, building
  2. The framework underlying a structure
    The fabric of our lives
  3. An act of construction, especially the erection of a church
  4. A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
    cotton fabric
  5. The texture of a cloth.
    the smooth fabric of an oriental silk cloth
  6. (Petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock
  7. (computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile 'fabric' when viewed collectively from a distance
    The internet is a fabric of computers connected by routers

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structure, building
framework underlying a structure
textile or cloth
texture of a cloth
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