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fabric

Pronunciation: /ˈfabrɪk/

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Definition of fabric

noun

[mass noun]

1cloth produced by weaving or knitting textile fibres:heavy cream fabric [count noun]:stretch fabrics

2the walls, floor, and roof of a building: decay and neglect are slowly eating away at the building’s fabric
the body of a car or aircraft: we heard creaking and rushing noises in the car’s fabric
the basic structure of a society, culture, activity, etc.:the multicultural fabric of Canadian society

Origin:

late 15th century: from French fabrique, from Latin fabrica 'something skilfully produced', from faber 'worker in metal, stone, etc.' The word originally denoted a building, later a machine, the general sense being 'something made', hence fabric (sense 1) (mid 18th century, originally denoting any manufactured material). fabric (sense 2) dates from the mid 17th century

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