fabric

Meaning

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, a textile or cloth.
7. The texture of a cloth.
8. The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
9. Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.

Verb

To cover with fabric.

Synonyms

cloth

material

textile

texture

structure

tissue

clothing

building

weft

framework

fabrication

textiles

web

stuff

clothes

constitution

linen

drapery

edifice

conformation

house

🏠

construction

🚧

rag

range

shack

shanty

silk

skirt

sliver

soft goods

spare part

squat

stove

swaddle

tammy

tapestry

timber

weave

weaving

work

woven

zone

zona

dry-goods

cotton thread

organisation

complex body part

Cheviot

physical structure

synthetic fabric

become rags

colorway

rock fabric

petrofabric

structural fabric

architecture

bassam

barrack

build

building materials

canvas

composition

decoration

dwelling

erection

form

frame

grain

home

🏠

hut

🛖

hutch

imprint

nylon

percale

piece goods

place

produce

quilt

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfæb.ɹɪk/

Etymology

Borrowed from French fabrique, from Latin fabrica (“a workshop, art, trade, product of art, structure, fabric”), from faber (“artisan, workman”). Doublet of forge, borrowed from Old French.