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Fabric

Fab′ric

(făb′rĭk)

Noun.

[L.

fabrica

fabric, workshop: cf. F.

fabrique

fabric. See

Forge

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

;

as:

(a)

Framework; structure; edifice; building.

(b)

Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, whether vegetable, animal, or synthetic; manufactured cloth;

as, silks or other

fabrics

; made of a

fabric

that is 50% cotton and 50% polyester

The act of constructing; construction.

[R.]

Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the

fabric

of the churches for the poor.

Milman.

Any system or structure consisting of connected parts;

as, the

fabric

of the universe

The whole vast

fabric

of society.

Macaulay.

Fab′ric

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Fabricked

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Fabricking

To frame; to build; to construct.

[Obs.]

“Fabric their mansions.”

J. Philips.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fabric

FABRIC

Noun.

[L., a frame, a workman.]

The structure of any thing; the manner in which the parts of a thing are untied by art and labor; workmanship; texture. This is cloth of a beautiful fabric.

The frame or structure of a building; construction. More generally, the building itself; an edifice; a house; a temple; a church; a bridge, &c. The word is usually applied to a large building.

Any system composed of connected parts; as the fabric of the universe.

Cloth manufactured.

Silks and other fine fabrics of the east.

FABRIC

, v.t To frame; to build; to construct. [Little used.]

Definition 2025

fabric

English

Alternative forms

fabrick (obsolete)

Noun

fabric ‎(countable and uncountable, plural fabrics)

(archaic) structure, building
- Milton
  Anon out of the earth a fabric huge / Rose like an exhalation.
(archaic) The act of constructing; construction; fabrication.
- Milman
  Tithe was received by the bishop […] for the fabric of the churches for the poor.
(archaic) The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make.
cloth of a beautiful fabric
The framework underlying a structure

the fabric of our lives

the fabric of the universe
A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
cotton fabric
(petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock
(computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile 'fabric' when viewed collectively from a distance
The internet is a fabric of computers connected by routers

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:fabric

Translations

structure, building

Bulgarian: зда́ние (bg) n ‎(zdánie), постро́йка (bg) f ‎(postrójka)
Finnish: rakenne (fi)
French: structure (fr)

Greek: δομή (el) f ‎(domí)
Italian: struttura (it) f, fabbricato (it) m
Romanian: structură (ro) f
Russian: структу́ра (ru) f ‎(struktúra), зда́ние (ru) n ‎(zdánije), постро́йка (ru) f ‎(postrójka)

act of construction

Bulgarian: строеж (bg) m ‎(stroež)
Finnish: rakentaminen (fi)

Russian: строи́тельство (ru) n ‎(stroítelʹstvo)
Scottish Gaelic: dèanamh m

framework underlying a structure

Bulgarian: структу́ра (bg) f ‎(struktúra)
Danish: struktur (da) c, system (da) n
Dutch: weefsel (nl) n
Finnish: rakenne (fi), kehikko, kudos (fi)
German: Bau (de) m, Rohbau (de) m, Struktur (de) f
Greek: δομή (el) f ‎(domí), διάρθρωση (el) f ‎(diárthrosi), ιστός (el) m ‎(istós), πλέγμα (el) n ‎(plégma)

Hungarian: szövevény (hu), szerkezet (hu)
Italian: struttura (it) f, tessuto (it) m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: byggesten m, struktur (no) m
Polish: struktura (pl) f
Portuguese: estrutura (pt) f, rede (pt) f
Russian: структу́ра (ru) f ‎(struktúra)

material made of fibers

Albanian: pëlhurë (sq) f
Arabic: قُمَاش (ar) m ‎(qumāš)
Armenian: կտոր (hy) ‎(ktor), գործվածք (hy) ‎(gorcvackʿ)
Azeri: parça (az), qumaş, material
Bashkir: туҡыма ‎(tuqïma)
Belarusian: ткані́на f ‎(tkanína)
Bengali: বুনন ‎(bunôn)
Bulgarian: плат (bg) m ‎(plat), тъка́н (bg) f ‎(tǎkán)
Burmese: ထည် (my) ‎(htany)
Catalan: tela (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 織物 (zh), 织物 (zh) ‎(zhīwù)
Czech: tkanina (cs) f
Danish: stof (da) n
Dutch: stof (nl) f, weefsel (nl) n
Estonian: riie, kangas
Finnish: kangas (fi)
French: tissu (fr) m, textile (fr) m
Georgian: ქსოვილი ‎(ksovili)
German: Gewebe (de) n, Textil (de) n, Stoff (de) n
Greek: ύφασμα (el) n ‎(ýfasma)
Hebrew: בַּד (he) m ‎(bad)
Hindi: कपड़ा (hi) m ‎(kapṛā)
Hungarian: textil (hu), szövet (hu), anyag (hu), kelme (hu)
Icelandic: efni (is) n
Irish: fabraic f
Italian: tessuto (it) m
Japanese: 織物 ‎(おりもの, orimono)
Kazakh: мата (kk) ‎(mata), материя ‎(materïya), материал (kk) ‎(materïal)
Khmer: ក្រណាត់ ‎(krɑnat)
Korean: 직물 (ko) ‎(jingmul), 옷감 (ko) ‎(otgam)
Kyrgyz: кездеме (ky) m ‎(kezdeme), маңыз (ky) m ‎(mañız), мазмун (ky) m ‎(mazmun), материя ‎(materiya), материал (ky) ‎(material)

Lao: ຜ້າ ‎(phā)
Latvian: audekls (lv) m
Lithuanian: medžiaga (lt) f
Macedonian: ткаенина f ‎(tkaenina)
Mongolian: бөс (mn) ‎(bös)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tøy (no) n, stoff (no) n
Occitan: teissut (oc), tela (oc)
Persian: پارچه (fa) ‎(pârče), قماش (fa) ‎(qumâš)
Polish: materiał (pl) m, tkanina (pl) f
Portuguese: pano (pt) m, tecido (pt) m
Romanian: țesătură (ro) f, material țesut n, textile (ro) n pl
Russian: ткань (ru) f ‎(tkanʹ), материа́л (ru) m ‎(materiál), мате́рия (ru) f ‎(matérija)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: тканина f, материјал m, штоф m

Roman: tkanina (sh) f, materijal (sh) m, štof (sh) m
Slovak: tkanina f
Slovene: tkanina (sl) f, blago n
Southern Altai: бӧс ‎(bös)
Spanish: tela (es) f, tejido (es) m, género (es) m
Swedish: tyg (sv) n
Tagalog: tela (tl)
Tajik: порча ‎(porča), матоъ (tg) ‎(matoʾ), газвор ‎(gazvor), қумош ‎(qumoš)
Tatar: тукыма (tt) ‎(tuqıma)
Thai: ผ้า (th) ‎(pâa)
Turkish: kumaş (tr)
Turkmen: mata, materiýa
Ukrainian: ткани́на (uk) f ‎(tkanýna)
Urdu: کپڑا m ‎(kapṛā)
Uzbek: gazlama (uz), gazmol (uz), mato (uz), materiya (uz)
Vietnamese: vải (vi)
Yiddish: שטאָף ‎(shtof)

texture of a cloth

Bulgarian: материя (bg) f ‎(materija)
Danish: struktur (da) c, sammensætning c
Dutch: textuur (nl)
Finnish: kudos (fi)
German: Fasern (de) n, Struktur (de) f
Greek: υφή (el) f ‎(yfí)

Hungarian: szövés (hu), anyagszerkezet
Italian: tessuto (it) m
Polish: tekstura f, faktura (pl) f, struktura (pl) f
Portuguese: tato (pt) m
Russian: мате́рия (ru) f ‎(matérija)
Scottish Gaelic: dèanamh m

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Fabric

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Fab′ric

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Fabric

FABRIC

FABRIC

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fabric

fabric

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