fabric

fab·ric  (fbrk)

n.

1.

a. A cloth produced especially by knitting, weaving, or felting fibers.

b. The texture or quality of such cloth.

2. A complex underlying structure: destroyed the very fabric of the ancient abbey during wartime bombing; needs to protect the fabric of civilized society.

3.

a. A method or style of construction.

b. A structural material, such as masonry or timber.

c. A physical structure; a building.

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[Middle English fabryke, something constructed, from Old French fabrique, from Latin fabrica, craft, workshop, from faber, fabr-, workman, artificer.]

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fabric

Noun

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

2. the structure that holds a system together: the fabric of society

3. the walls, floor, and roof of a building [Latin faber craftsman]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fabric - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" cloth, textile, material artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole aba - a fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair acrylic - a synthetic fabric Aertex - a trademark for a loosely woven cotton fabric that is used to make shirts and underwear alpaca - a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool baize - a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables basket weave - a cloth woven of two or more threads interlaced to suggest the weave of a basket batik - a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted batiste - a thin plain-weave cotton or linen fabric; used for shirts or dresses belting - the material of which belts are made bombazine - a twilled fabric used for dresses; the warp is silk and the weft is worsted; "black bombazine is frequently used for mourning garments" boucle - a fabric of uneven yarn that has an uneven knobby effect broadcloth - a closely woven silk or synthetic fabric with a narrow crosswise rib broadcloth - a densely textured woolen fabric with a lustrous finish brocade - thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern buckram - a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing bunting - a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc. calico - coarse cloth with a bright print cambric - a finely woven white linen camel's hair, camelhair - a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel camlet - a fabric of Asian origin; originally made of silk and camel's hair camo, camouflage - fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background canopy - the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air canvas, canvass - a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents) cashmere - a soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat cerecloth - a waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud challis - a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed) chambray - a lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp chenille - a heavy fabric woven with chenille cord; used in rugs and bedspreads chiffon - a sheer fabric of silk or rayon chino - a coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms chintz - a brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric coating - a heavy fabric suitable for coats cobweb - a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider corduroy, cord - a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton cotton - fabric woven from cotton fibers Canton flannel, cotton flannel - a stout cotton fabric with nap on only one side crape, crepe - a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface cretonne - an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies crinoline - a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing damask - a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it dungaree, jean, denim - a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric diamante - fabric covered with glittering ornaments such as sequins or rhinestones diaper - a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures dimity - a strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedcovers and curtains doeskin - a fine smooth soft woolen fabric drapery - cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds duck - a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents duffel, duffle - a coarse heavy woolen fabric edging - border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug)
	2.	fabric - the underlying structure; "providing a factual framework for future research"; "it is part of the fabric of society" framework structure - the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts; "artists must study the structure of the human body"; "the structure of the benzene molecule"

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fabric

noun 1. cloth, material, stuff, textile, web

noun 2. framework, structure, make-up, organization, frame, foundations, construction, constitution, infrastructure

noun 3. structure, foundations, construction, framework, infrastructure

Translations

fabric [ˈfæbrɪk] n → tejido, tela

fabric [ˈfæbrɪk] n → tissu m

cpd fabric ribbon (for typewriter) → ruban m (en) tissu

fabric [ˈfæbrɪk] n → Stoff m;

(of society) → Gefüge nt;

(of building) → Bausubstanz f

fabric [ˈfæbrɪk] n → stoffa, tessuto;

(ARCHIT) → struttura

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fabric

n fabric [ˈfӕbrik]

(a type of) cloth or material Nylon is a man-made fabric. kleedstof, materiaal نَسيج тъкан tkanina stof; tekstil der Stoff ύφασμα tela, tejido riie پارچه؛ بافته kangas tissu אָרִיג कपड़ा materijal, tkanina anyag kain vefnaður, dúkur; efni tessuto 織物 천, 직물 audinys audums; drēbe fabrik stof stoff, tøy, tekstil materiał tecido ţesătură, stofă ткань tkanina blago, tkanina tkanina tyg, material ผ้าหรือสิ่งทอ kumaş 織物 тканина ایک قسم کا کپڑا loại vải được dệt 织物