FABRIC
| 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. | Petrography. the spatial arrangement and orientation of the constituents of a rock. | ||||||||
Origin:
1475–85; (< MF fabrique) < L fabrica craft, esp. metalworking or building, workshop. See forge
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FABRICA
Latin/English fabrica
manufacture /craft, trade, art /trick, device
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FABRICATION
