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English
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Etymology
From French fabrique, from Latin fabrica (“‘a workshop, art, trade, product of art, structure, fabric’”), from faber (“‘artisan, workman’”).
Noun
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Singular fabric |
Plural countable and uncountable; plural fabrics |
fabric (countable and uncountable; plural fabrics)
- (originally) (construction) structure, building
- The framework underlying a structure
- The fabric of our lives
- An act of construction, especially the erection of a church
- A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
- cotton fabric
- The texture of a cloth.
- the smooth fabric of an oriental silk cloth
- (Petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock
- (computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile 'fabric' when viewed collectively from a distance
- The internet is a fabric of computers connected by routers
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