Meaning

10 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The physical material of a building.

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

  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)The framework underlying a structure.

    the fabric of our lives

    Bau, Rohbau, Struktur

    структу́раstruktúra

    the underlying structure

  3. (countable, uncountable)A material made of fibers; especially, a woven one.

    Near-synonym: cloth (not always differentiated)

    cotton fabric

    Gewebe, Textil, Stoff

    тканьtkanʹ, материа́лmateriál, мате́рияmatérija

    ткани́наtkanýna

    artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

  4. (countable, uncountable)The texture of a cloth.

    Fasern, Struktur, Texturierung

    мате́рияmatérija

  5. (countable, uncountable)The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The fired clay material of pottery artifacts.

  7. (countable, uncountable)Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.

    The Internet is a fabric of computers connected by routers.

    Netz, Netzwerk

  8. (archaic, countable, uncountable)An edifice or building.

    Gebäude, Bauwerk

    структу́раstruktúra, зда́ниеzdánije, постро́йкаpostrójka

  9. (archaic, countable, uncountable)The act of constructing, construction, fabrication.

    Konstruktion, Errichtung

    строи́тельствоstroítelʹstvo

  10. (archaic, countable, uncountable)The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make.

    cloth of a beautiful fabric

    Muster, Textur, Komposition

Examples

111 sentences
  1. How much fabric did you buy?

    ruСколько ткани вы купили?

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  2. This fabric has a tight weave.

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  3. I'd like to have this fabric dyed.

    deIch möchte den Stoff färben lassen.

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  4. Tom carefully cut the fabric with a pair of scissors.

    ruТом аккуратно разрезал ткань ножницами.

    deTom schnitt das Gewebe sorgfältig mit der Schere ab.

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  5. Thread is the basic component of fabric.

    Нитка — це основний компонент тканини.

    ruНить - это основной компонент ткани.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
material made of fibers:
Русский
By meaning 3
edifice, building:
act of constructing:
material made of fibers:
Deutsch
By meaning 7
edifice, building:
act of constructing:
structure of anything:
figurative framework underlying a structure:
material made of fibers:
texture of a cloth:
computing: interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed:

Origin

Borrowed from French fabrique, from Latin fabrica (“a workshop, art, trade, product of art

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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Forms

plural: fabrics
Singularfabric
Pluralfabrics

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

18 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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