fabric - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'fabric' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fabric

[ n.]

- The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.
- That which is fabricated
- Framework; structure; edifice; building.
- Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics.
- The act of constructing; construction.
- Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe.

2 . Fabric

[ v. t.]

- To frame; to build; to construct.

Meaning of 'fabric' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fabric

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- the underlying structure

Example in sentence:

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

Meaning (2):
- artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Example in sentence:

she measured off enough material for a dress;
the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent;
woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC

Nearby Words:

fabaceous fabella fabellae fabian fable fabled fabler fabliau fabliaux fabling

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Fabrication Process
Fabrication process is a variation of synthetic production in which new products are created from those already manufactured by changing their form...
Fabricator
Fabricator refers to an individual or group who, usually without genuine resources, invents or inflates information for personal or political gain or political purposes.

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