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fabric [ˈfæbrɪk] n 1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) any cloth made from yarn or fibres by weaving, knitting, felting, etc. 2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) 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. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) the texture, arrangement, and orientation of the constituents of a rock [from Latin fabrica workshop, from faber craftsman] fab•ric (ˈfæb rɪk) n. 1. a cloth made by weaving, knitting, or felting fibers. 2. the texture of a cloth or material. 3. framework; structure: the fabric of society. 4. the spatial arrangement and orientation of the constituents of a rock. 5. a building; edifice. 6. the method of construction. [1475–85; (< Middle French fabrique) < Latin fabrica craft, workshop]
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fabric noun 2. framework, structure, make-up, organization, frame, foundations, construction, constitution, infrastructure The fabric of society has been deeply damaged. 3. structure, foundations, construction, framework, infrastructure Condensation will eventually cause the fabric of the building to rot away FabricsAcrilan (trademark), alpaca, armure, baize, balbriggan, barathea, barège, batik or battik, batiste, bayadere, beige, bengaline, bird's-eye, bobbinet, bombazine or bombasine, bouclé, brilliantine, broadcloth, brocade, buckskin, bunting, burlap, calamanco, calico, cambric, camlet, cavalry twill, challis or challie, chambray, Charmeuse (trademark), cheesecloth, chenille, cheviot, chiffon, chintz, cilice, ciré, cloqué, cord, corduroy, cotton, cottonade, cotton flannel, covert cloth, crepe or crape, cretonne, Crimplene (trademark), crinoline, cypress or cyprus, Dacron (trademark), damask, delaine, denim, diamanté, dimity, Donegal tweed, drab, drabbet, Dralon (trademark), drugget, duck, dungaree, duvetyn, duvetine, or duvetyne, etamine or etamin, façonné or faconne, faille, fearnought or fearnaught, felt, fishnet, flannel, fleece, folk weave, foulard, frieze, frisé, fur, fustian, gaberdine, galatea, georgette, gingham, gloria, Gore-Tex (trademark), gossamer, grogram, gros de Londres, grosgrain, gunny (chiefly U.S.), Harris Tweed (trademark), hessian, honan, hopsack, huckaback or huck, India print, jaconet, Jacquard or Jacquard weave, jean, jersey, khaki, kincob, knit, lace, lambskin, lamé, lawn, leather, linen, linsey-woolsey, lisle, Lurex (trademark), Lycra (trademark), madras, marabou, marocain, marquisette, marseille or marseilles, melton, messaline, mohair, moire or moiré, moleskin, monk's cloth, moquette, moreen, mousseline, mull, muslin, nainsook, nankeen or nankin, needlecord, net, ninon, nun's cloth or veiling, oilskin, organdie, organza, organzine, Orlon (trademark), ottoman, Oxford, paduasoy, paisley pattern, panne, paramatta or parramatta, peau de soie, percale, percaline, petersham, piña cloth, piqué, plush, pongee, poplin, poult or poult-de-soie, prunella, prunelle, or prunello, rayon, russet, sailcloth, samite, sarcenet or sarsenet, sateen, satin, satinet or satinette, saxony, say (archaic), schappe, scrim, seersucker, sendal, serge, shag, shalloon, shantung, sharkskin, sheeting, shirting, shoddy, silesia, silk, silkaline, slipper satin, spandex, spun silk, stockinet, stroud, stuff, suiting, surah, surat, swan's-down, swanskin, swiss muslin, tabaret, tabby, taffeta, tammy, tarlatan, tarpaulin, tartan, tattersall, terry, Terylene (trademark), tick, ticking, tiffany, toile, towelling, tricot, tricotine, tulle, tussore, tusser, or (chiefly U.S.) tussah, tweed, twill, velours, velure, velvet, velveteen, Viyella (trademark), voile, wadmal, webbing, whipcord, wild silk, winceyette, wool, worsted Translations fabric [ˈfæbrɪk] A. N 3. (fig) the fabric of society → el tejido social, la estructura de la sociedad the fabric of Church and State → los fundamentos de la Iglesia y del Estado B. CPD fabric conditioner, fabric softener N → suavizante m fabric ribbon N (for typewriter) → cinta f de tela fabric [ˈfæbrɪk] n (= basic structure) [system, society, country] → bases fpl; [one's life] → bases fpl the fabric of society → le tissu social [building] → structure f fabric fabric [ˈfæbrɪk] n (a type of) cloth or material. Nylon is a man-made fabric. fabric → قماش látka stof Stoff ύφασμα tejido kangas tissu tkanina tessuto 織物 직물 stof stoff tkanina tecido материя tyg ผ้าหรือสิ่งทอ kumaş vải 织品 Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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