fabric

(făb'rĭk)
n.

1. 1. A cloth produced especially by knitting, weaving, or felting fibers.
   2. The texture or quality of such cloth.
2. A complex underlying structure: destroyed the very fabric of the ancient abbey during wartime bombing; needs to protect the fabric of civilized society.
3. 1. A method or style of construction.
   2. A structural material, such as masonry or timber.
   3. A physical structure; a building.

[Middle English fabryke, something constructed, from Old French fabrique, from Latin fabrica, craft, workshop, from faber, fabr-, workman, artificer.]

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A distinctive, complex underlying pattern or structure: contexture, fiber, texture, warp and woof, web. See be.

In geomorphology, the physical make-up of a rock or sediment. Fabric analysis may be carried out to determine the dip and orientation of particles in the sediment and thus to uncover information about its origin.

The basic elements making up a building; the carcass without finishings or decoration.

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In pottery studies the term is used to refer to the material from which a vessel is made, as it appears in its finished state. Fabric is usually described in terms of its texture, colour, surface treatments, core, visible constituents and hardness.

IN BRIEF: A material made from fibers or threads by weaving or knitting.

The fabric was beautifully woven with golden fibers here and there.

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• Fabrics and Cloth - fabric: material made from fibers or threads by means of weaving, knitting, or felting

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - stof, vævning, struktur, bygning, opbygning

Nederlands (Dutch)
gebouw, weefsel, bouw, stof, samenstelling, structuur, gekristalliseerd patroon in steen

Français (French)
n. - tissu, étoffe, (fig) tissu (social), (Constr) structure

Deutsch (German)
n. - Stoff, Gewebe, Bau

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ύφασμα, στόφα, πανί, (κοινωνικός) ιστός

Italiano (Italian)
tessuto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tecido (m), estrutura (f)

Русский (Russian)
ткань, материя, структура, устройство, текстура

Español (Spanish)
n. - tejido, tela, manufactura, textura, fábrica

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tyg, uppbyggnad, struktur, större byggnad, byggnadsmaterial

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
织品, 布, 织物

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 織品, 布, 織物

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 짜임새 , 구조, 구조물

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 織物, 織方, 構造, 組織, 基本構造, 建造物

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قماش , مبني , بنيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אריג, בד, בניין, מבנה, טיב, מירקם, מערכת‬

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