fabric

[fab-rik]

noun

1. a cloth made by weaving, knitting, or felting fibers.

   woolen fabrics.

2. the texture of the woven, knitted, or felted material.

   cloth of a soft, pliant fabric.

3. framework; structure.

   the fabric of society.

4. a building; edifice.

5. the method of construction.

6. the act of constructing, especially of a church building.

7. the maintenance of such a building.

8. Petrography.,  the spatial arrangement and orientation of the constituents of a rock.

fabric

/ ˈfæbrɪk /

noun

1. any cloth made from yarn or fibres by weaving, knitting, felting, etc

2. the texture of a cloth

3. a structure or framework

   the fabric of society

4. a style or method of construction

5. rare,  a building

6. the texture, arrangement, and orientation of the constituents of a rock

Word History and Origins

Origin of fabric¹

1475–85; (< Middle French fabrique ) < Latin fabrica craft, especially metalworking or building, workshop. See forge ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of fabric¹

C15: from Latin fabrica workshop, from faber craftsman

Example Sentences

“Mama’s Gun” is one piece of fabric in this quilt I’m building, and “Abi & Alan,” I feel like is a really big piece of it and it was amazing.

From Los Angeles Times

“You really want to maintain the fabric of your community,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Ms Wambui asks in a worried tone, her hands and feet moving in time on the sewing machine as she stitches together pieces of fabric.

From BBC

In addition to selling threads and fabric, the shop will include new in-store services, like fabric cutting.

From Los Angeles Times

Each table is topped with brightly colored yellow and red fabric — not unlike that of the Mexican-inspired American flag Alonzo drapes around her shoulders at the end of her most recent Netflix special, “Upper Classy.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• fiber 
• goods 
• textile 
• texture