any cloth made from yarn or fibres by weaving, knitting, felting, etc the texture of a cloth a structure or framework: the fabric of society a style or method of construction a building
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fab•ric /ˈfæbrɪk/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Textiles[countable] a cloth made by weaving or knitting threads or fibers.
- framework;
structure;
makeup:[uncountable]the fabric of family life.
fab•ric
(fab′rik),USA pronunciation n.
- Textilesa cloth made by weaving, knitting, or felting fibers:woolen fabrics.
- Textilesthe texture of the woven, knitted, or felted material:cloth of a soft, pliant fabric.
- framework;
structure:the fabric of society. - a building;
edifice. - the method of construction.
- the act of constructing, esp. of a church building.
- the maintenance of such a building.
- Rocks[Petrog.]the spatial arrangement and orientation of the constituents of a rock.
- Latin fabrica craft, esp. metalworking or building, workshop. See forge1
- Middle French fabrique)
- (1475–85
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'woven fabric' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
barathea
- bias
- broadcloth
- eiderdown
- embroidery
- end
- fag
- gabardine
- grain
- gray goods
- high-count
- hopsack
- ikat
- lambrequin
- lasting
- low-count
- matting
- ratiné
- raveling
- sanglier
- selvage
- textile
- texture
- thread
- tissue
- vigoureux printing
- warp
- weave
- web
- weft
- woof