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fabric(2)(dictionary)
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fabric(1) (iou)



fabric noun. L15.
[Old & mod. French fabrique from Latin fabrica trade, manufactured object, workshop, forge, from faber worker in metal, stone, etc. Cf. FORGE noun.]
A building, an edifice. arch. L15.
A machine, an appliance. L16-M17.
The construction or designing of a building, an animal's body, a vehicle, etc.; spec. the construction and maintenance of a church. E17.
A building in which work or manufacture is carried on; a factory. M17.
A structure; a frame; the basic structure (walls, floor, and roof) of a building. M17.
H. G. Wells The whole fabric of social life, conduct, law, property, confidence.
A type of construction or formation; texture. M17.
A manufactured textile, (a) woven, knitted, or felted material; a similar material made of chemically bonded fibres (also non-woven fabric). Formerly also, a manufactured material generally. M18.
L. Deighton I will buy new fabric for the front-room curtains.
The substance or structural material of something, esp. the woven tissue or fibre of a textile. E19.