English Explanatory Dictionary

fabric

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.

Pronunciation

/ˈfæb.ɹɪk/ en-us-fabric.ogg

Word forms

fabric fabrics fabrick fabricking fabricked

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.

Synonyms

fabric cloth textile material

Related words

fur leather :Category:Fabrics :Appendix:Fabrics

Derived words

biofabric couching fabric fabric conditioner fabricky fabricless fabriclike fabric softener geofabric ichnofabric microfabric nanofabric nonfabric oblique fabric self-fabric stretch fabric urban fabric
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