fabric

Noun

1. (archaic, countable, uncountable) An edifice or building.
2. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The act of constructing, construction, fabrication.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make.
4. (countable, uncountable) The physical material of a building.
5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) The framework underlying a structure.
6. (countable, uncountable) A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
7. (countable, uncountable) The texture of a cloth.
8. (countable, uncountable) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
9. (countable, uncountable) The fired clay material of pottery artifacts.
10. (countable, uncountable) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.

Verb

To cover with fabric.

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 fabrica, borrowed from Latin, and forge, borrowed from Old French.

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