fabric

Definitions

1. An edifice or building.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
2. A distinctive, complex underlying pattern or structure:contexture, fiber, texture, warp and woof, web.
3. The act of constructing, construction, fabrication.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
4. (a type of) cloth or material. Nylon is a man-made fabric. kleedstof, materiaal نَسيج тъкан tecido tkanina der Stoff stof; tekstil ύφασμαtela, tejido riie پارچه؛ بافته kangas tissuאריג कपड़ा materijal, tkanina anyag kain vefnaður, dúkur; efni tessuto 織物 직물, 섬유 audinys audums; drēbe fabrik stofstoff, tøy, tekstilmateriał ټوكر، جوړ شوى شى (په لاس يا ما شين)، جوړښت tecido ţesătură, stofă ткань tkanina blago, tkanina tkanina tyg, material ผ้าหรือสิ่งทอ kumaş 織物 тканина ایک قسم کا کپڑا loại vải đư...
5. The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
6. A cloth produced especially by knitting, weaving, or felting fibers.
7. The physical material of a building.
   countable, uncountable
8. A complex underlying structure: destroyed the very fabric of the ancient abbey during wartime bombing; needs to protect the fabric of civilized society.
9. The framework underlying a structure.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
10. A method or style of construction.
11. A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
    countable, uncountable
12. The texture of a cloth.
    countable, uncountable
13. (Textiles) any cloth made from yarn or fibres by weaving, knitting, felting, etc
14. The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
    countable, uncountable
15. (Textiles) the texture of a cloth
16. The fired clay material of pottery artifacts.
    countable, uncountable
17. a structure or framework: the fabric of society.
18. Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.
    countable, uncountable
19. a style or method of construction
20. rare a building
    rare

Equivalents

53 more languages

العربيةالنسيجقماشنسيج

Azərbaycan diliparça

Българскизданиематерияплатстроежтъ́кан+ 2 more

BosanskiblagograđaKainredeštofstrukturaTeatekstilteksturatkantkaninaграђаматеријалструктуратканинаштоф+ 13 more

Catalàtela

Češtinalátkalátkovýtkaninatkanivo+ 1 more

Cymraegffabrig

Danskstof

Ελληνικάδιάρθρωσηδομήιστόςπανίπλέγμαύφασμαυφασμάτινοςυφή+ 5 more

Esperantoŝtofo

Eestiriie

Suomikangaskehikkokudoskutousrakeisuusrakennerakennusrakentaminentekstiiliverkko+ 7 more

Gaeilgefabraic

Gàidhligdèanamh

Galegoestofolelloteatecido+ 1 more

עבריתבדיסודמבנהמרקם+ 1 more

हिन्दीकपड़ापारचा

HrvatskiblagograđaKainredeštofstrukturaTeatekstilteksturatkantkaninaграђаматеријалструктуратканинаштоф+ 13 more

Magyaranyagkelmeszerkezetszövetszövevénytextil+ 3 more

Հայերենգործվածքկտոր

Bahasa Indonesiakain

Íslenskaefni

Italianofabbricatostrutturatessuto

日本語反物地生地織物+ 1 more

ქართულიქსოვილი

Қазақ тіліматаматериалматерия

ភាសាខ្មែរក្រណាត់

한국어감옷감직물천+ 1 more

Kurdîpanostruktûrtekstîltela+ 1 more

Latinacontextustextum

ລາວຜ້າ

Lietuviųmedžiaga

Latviešuaudumsdrāna

Македонскиматеријалткаенинаштоф

Монголбөсдаавуу

မြန်မာထည်

Nederlandsstoftextuurweefsel

Polskifakturaklatrymateriałstrukturateksturatkańtkanina+ 4 more

پښتوټوکر

Portuguêsestruturapanoredetatotecido+ 2 more

Românăstructurățesătură

Русскийзданиематериалматерияпостро́йкастроительствоструктураткань+ 4 more

Slovenščinablago

Shqippëlhurë

СрпскиblagograđaKainredeštofstrukturaTeatekstilteksturatkantkaninaграђаматеријалструктуратканинаштоф+ 13 more

Svenskastofftyg

ไทยผ้า

Türkmençemata

Tagalogtela

Türkçedokukumaştekstil

Українськаматеріяплакатткани́наткань+ 1 more

اردوپارچہکپڑا

Tiếng Việtvàivải vóc

Examples

“Anon out of the earth a fabric huge / Rose like⟳ an exhalation.”

“They withdrew from the gate, as if to depart, but he presently thought he heard them amongst the trees on the other side of the fabric, and soon became convinced that they had not left the abbey.”

“Tithe was received by the bishop […] for the fabric of the churches for the poor.”

“cloth of a beautiful fabric”

“This church dates back to the 11th century, though the great majority of its fabric is fifteenth century or later.”

“the fabric of our lives”

“the fabric of the universe”

“I thought the best match⟳ of sympathy with reality was in Fritz Matthies' Pauline's Birthday or the Beast of Notre Dame. It was a surprise⟳, not just because of its ending, but because there was a real fabric in the characters' relationships. In this, it outweighs The Deputy and all its high drama.”

“cotton fabric”

“The Internet is a fabric of computers connected by routers.”

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