fabric: Meaning and Definition of

fab•ric

Pronunciation: (fab'rik), [key]
— n.
  1. a cloth made by weaving, knitting, or felting fibers: woolen fabrics.
  2. the texture of the woven, knitted, or felted material: cloth of a soft, pliant fabric.
  3. framework; structure: the fabric of society.
  4. a building; edifice.
  5. the method of construction.
  6. the act of constructing, esp. of a church building.
  7. the maintenance of such a building.
  8. the spatial arrangement and orientation of the constituents of a rock.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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