fabric
The physical material of a building.
Example
“This church dates back to the 11th century, though the great majority of its fabric is fifteenth century or later.”
Other meanings
The framework underlying a structure.
A material made of fibers; especially, a woven one.
Synonyms
- cloth
- material
- textile
Kinds of fabric
- alpaca
- basket weave
- calico
- camouflage
- canopy
- canvas
- coating
- cord
Related words
- couching fabric
- biofabric
- fabricky
- fabricless
- fabriclike
- geofabric
- ichnofabric
- microfabric
- nanofabric
- nonfabric
- fabric conditioner
- fabric softener
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "fabrica" (a workshop, art, trade, product of art, structure, fabric).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “fabric” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.