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fabric

fab·ric [ fábbrik ] (plural fab·rics)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. cloth: any type of cloth made from woven, knitted, or felted thread or fibers

2. texture: the particular texture or quality of a kind of cloth

3. substance: the fundamental structure or makeup of something
the fabric of her being

4. industry structural material: the material from which something is constructed, especially a building, or the physical structure of something
damage to the fabric of the church

[15th century. Via Old French< Latin fabrica "trade, manufactured object" < faber "worker in metal or stone, artisan"]
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