fabric

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

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fabric (countable and uncountable; plural fabrics)

  1. (originally) (construction) structure, building
  2. An act of construction, especially the erection of a church
  3. The framework underlying a structure
    The fabric of our lives
  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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