Definition of FABRIC

fabric

Meanings

Plural: fabrics

Noun

  • artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
    • "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"
  • the underlying structure
    • "it is part of the fabric of society"
  • An edifice or building.
  • The act of constructing, construction, fabrication.
  • The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make.
  • The physical material of a building.
  • The framework underlying a structure.
  • A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
  • The texture of a cloth.
  • The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
  • The fired clay material of pottery artifacts.
  • Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.

Verb

  • To cover with fabric.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French fabrique, from Latin fabrica (“a workshop, art, trade, product of art, structure, fabric”), from faber (“artisan, workman”). Doublet of forge, borrowed from Old French.

Scrabble Score: 13

fabric is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
fabric is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fabric is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

fabric is a valid Words With Friends word