Fabric

Quick meaning: Fabric is a noun meaning (now rare) An edifice or building.

Meaning

(now rare) An edifice or building.

More Meanings

1. The physical material of a building.
2. (figurative) The framework underlying a structure.
3. A material made of fibers; especially, a woven one.
4. The texture of a cloth.
5. (petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
6. (archaic) The act of constructing, construction, fabrication.
7. (archaic) The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make.

Example Sentences

the fabric of our lives

cloth of a beautiful fabric

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

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

Word Forms

• fabrics
• fabrick
• fabricking
• fabricked

Synonyms for fabric

Depending on context, synonyms include cloth, textile, material, framework.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include framework, textile, cloth, material, edifice, architecture.

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