fabric Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
    textile; cloth; material.
    • the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent
    • woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC
    • she measured off enough material for a dress
  2. noun the underlying structure
    framework.
    • providing a factual framework for future research
    • it is part of the fabric of society

WordNet


Fab"ric noun
Etymology
L. fabrica fabric, workshop: cf. F. fabrique fabric. See Forge.
Definitions
  1. The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.
  2. That which is fabricated; as : (a) Framework; structure; edifice; building
    Anon out of the earth a fabric hugeRose like an exhalation.Milton.
    (b) Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics.
  3. The act of constructing; construction. R.
    Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the fabricof the churches for the poor.Milman.
  4. Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe.
    The whole vast fabric of society.Macaulay.
Fab"ric transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Fabricked ; present participle & verbal noun Fabricking
Definitions
  1. To frame; to built; to construct. Obs. "Fabric their mansions." J. Philips.

Webster 1913