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fabric.

An edifice or building.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfæb.ɹɪk/

  1. An edifice or building.

    archaic · countable · uncountable

  2. The act of constructing, construction, fabrication.

    archaic · countable · uncountable

  3. The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
    cloth of a beautiful fabric

  4. The physical material of a building.

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

  5. The framework underlying a structure.

    countable · figuratively · uncountable
    the fabric of our lives

  6. A material made of fibers; especially, a woven one.

    countable · uncountable
    cotton fabric

  7. The texture of a cloth.

    countable · uncountable

  8. The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.

    countable · uncountable

  9. The fired clay material of pottery artifacts.

    countable · uncountable

  10. Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.

    countable · uncountable
    The Internet is a fabric of computers connected by routers.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French fabrique, from Latin fabrica (“a workshop, art, trade, product of art, structure, fabric”), from faber (“artisan, workman”). Doublet of fabrica, borrowed from Latin, and forge, borrowed from Old French.

verb/ˈfæb.ɹɪk/

  1. To cover with fabric.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French fabrique, from Latin fabrica (“a workshop, art, trade, product of art, structure, fabric”), from faber (“artisan, workman”). Doublet of fabrica, borrowed from Latin, and forge, borrowed from Old French.

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