Princeton's WordNet

1. fabric, cloth, material, textile(noun)

   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"

2. framework, fabric(noun)

   the underlying structure

   "providing a factual framework for future research"; "it is part of the fabric of society"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. fabric(noun)ˈfæb rɪk

   cloth; = material

   fabric for making cushion covers

Wiktionary

1. fabric(Noun)

   structure, building

2. fabric(Noun)

   An act of construction, especially the erection of a church

3. fabric(Noun)

   The framework underlying a structure

   The fabric of our lives

4. fabric(Noun)

   A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.

   cotton fabric

5. fabric(Noun)

   The texture of a cloth.

   the smooth fabric of an oriental silk cloth

6. fabric(Noun)

   The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock

7. fabric(Noun)

   Interconnected nodes that look like a textile 'fabric' when viewed collectively from a distance

   The internet is a fabric of computers connected by routers

Origin: From fabrique, from fabrica, from faber.

Webster Dictionary

1. Fabric(noun)

   the structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric

2. Fabric(noun)

   that which is fabricated

3. Fabric(noun)

   framework; structure; edifice; building

4. Fabric(noun)

   cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics

5. Fabric(noun)

   the act of constructing; construction

6. Fabric(noun)

   any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe

7. Fabric(verb)

   to frame; to build; to construct

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