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fabric

[ fab-rik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a cloth made by weaving, knitting, or felting fibers:
woolen fabrics.
the texture of the woven, knitted, or felted material:
cloth of a soft, pliant fabric.
framework; structure:
the fabric of society.
a building; edifice.
the method of construction.
the act of constructing, especially of a church building.
the maintenance of such a building.
Petrography. the spatial arrangement and orientation of the constituents of a rock.

fabric

/ ˈfæbrɪk /

noun

any cloth made from yarn or fibres by weaving, knitting, felting, etc
the texture of a cloth
a structure or framework
the fabric of society
a style or method of construction
rare.
a building
the texture, arrangement, and orientation of the constituents of a rock

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fabric¹

1475–85; (< Middle French fabrique ) < Latin fabrica craft, especially metalworking or building, workshop. See forge ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fabric¹

C15: from Latin fabrica workshop, from faber craftsman

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Example Sentences

Historic England said "issues with the historic fabric urgently need to be addressed through a programme of repair work".

From BBC

They’d found a piece of fabric in a jumble sale together.

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He’s become part of the colorful fabric of the event.

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“I knew I wanted Vanessa to be in a big dress. It was so big at the fitting, we had to cut out so much of the fabric. It was huge,” Lawson says.

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Some have argued that such attacks may be part of a strategy aimed at ripping through Lebanon’s social fabric, and transforming the country into a hostile environment for Hezbollah and its “community of resistance”.

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