Fabric

/ˈfæb.ɹɪk/ · noun

Meaning

(now rare) An edifice or building..

Definitions by Sense

1. (now rare) An edifice or building.
2. (archaic) The act of constructing, construction, fabrication.
3. (archaic) 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. (figurative) The framework underlying a structure.
6. A material made of fibers; especially, a woven one.
7. The texture of a cloth.
8. (petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.

Example Sentences

Anon out of the earth a fabric huge / Rose like an exhalation.

They withdrew from the gate, as if to depart, but he presently thought he heard them amongst the trees on the other side of the fabric, and soon became convinced that they had not left the abbey.

Tithe was received by the bishop […] for the fabric of the churches for the poor.

cloth of a beautiful fabric

This church dates back to the 11th century, though the great majority of its fabric is fifteenth century or later.

the fabric of our lives

Only with the second actor, can plot, […] the reaction of man on man, be knit into the very fabric of dramatic art.

I thought the best match of sympathy with reality was in Fritz Matthies' Pauline's Birthday or the Beast of Notre Dame. It was a surprise, not just because of its ending, but because there was a real fabric in the characters' relationships. In this, it outweighs The Deputy and all its high drama.

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Related Words

Word Forms

• fabrics
• fabrick
• fabricking
• fabricked

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