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| fab·ric [ fábbrik ] (plural fab·rics) |
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1. cloth: any type of cloth made from woven, knitted, or felted thread or fibers
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2. texture: the particular texture or quality of a kind of cloth
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3. substance: the fundamental structure or makeup of something
 the fabric of her being
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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
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| [15th century. Via Old French< Latin fabrica "trade, manufactured object" < faber "worker in metal or stone, artisan"] |
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