fabric

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: fab=ric
• COUNT in NET: 10 in 9 verses (in OT : 10 in 9 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

fabric, n. [L. fabrica fabric, workshop: cf. F. fabrique fabric. See Forge.].

•  The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.  [1913 Webster]
•  That which is fabricated  [1913 Webster]

  "Anon out of the earth a fabric huge
  Rose like an exhalation."
•  The act of constructing; construction.  [1913 Webster]

  "Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the fabric of the churches for the poor."  [1913 Webster]
•  Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe.  [1913 Webster]

  "The whole vast fabric of society."  [1913 Webster]

fabric, v. t. 

 To frame; to build; to construct.  J. Philips.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fabric, n.
1 a a woven material; a textile. b other material resembling woven cloth.
2 a structure or framework, esp. the walls, floor, and roof of a building.
3 (in abstract senses) the essential structure or essence of a thing (the fabric of society).

Etymology

ME f. F fabrique f. L fabrica f. faber metal-worker etc.

THESAURUS

fabric

Aralac, Avisco, Axminster, Celanese, Dacron, Dymaxion house, Dynel, Georgette, Harris Tweed, Lastex, Leatherette, Orlon, Qiana, Revolite, Terylene, Ultrasuede, Velon, Vicara, White House, acetate, acetate rayon, adobe house, alpaca, anatomy, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, arras, astrakhan, atoms, baize, batik, blanketing, braiding, broadcloth, broadloom, brocade, build, building, bunting, cadre, calico, cambric, canvas, carpeting, casa, case, casement, cashmere, casing, castor, chassis, cheesecloth, chiffon, chinchilla, chintz, cliff dwelling, cloth, coating, composition, configuration, conformation, constitution, construct, construction, consulate, cord, corduroy, core, cotton, country house, country seat, crash, creation, crepe, crepe de chine, cretonne, crinoline, dacha, damask, deanery, denim, distillate, distillation, doeskin, doorframe, drapery, drill, drilling, drugget, duck, duffel, dwelling house, edifice, elixir, embassy, enlacement, entwinement, entwining, erection, essence, establishment, etoffe, fabrication, farm, farmhouse, fashion, fashioning, felt, fiber, flannel, flannelette, fleece, forging, form, format, formation, foulard, foundation, frame, framework, framing, frieze, fustian, gauze, getup, gingham, gist, goods, gossamer, grenadine, grogram, grosgrain, gunny, haircloth, hall, heart, herringbone, hessian, homespun, hop sacking, horsehair, house, houseboat, huck, huckaback, interknitting, interlacement, interlacery, interlacing, intertexture, interthreading, intertieing, intertwinement, intertwining, intertwisting, interweavement, interweaving, jersey, kernel, knitting, lace, lacing, lake dwelling, lame, lattice, latticework, lawn, linen, linoleum, linsey-woolsey, lisle, list, living machine, loden, lodge, longcloth, luster, mackinaw, mackintosh, madras, make, makeup, making, maline, manor house, manse, manta, mantua, manufacture, marquisette, marrow, mat, material, matter, matting, meat, medium, melton, messaline, mohair, moire, mold, molding, moleskin, mousseline de soie, murrey, muslin, nainsook, nankeen, napery, near-silk, net, netting, nub, nylon, oil silk, oilcloth, organdy, organic structure, organism, organization, organza, packaged house, paisley, panne, panne velvet, parsonage, pattern, patterning, penthouse, pepper-and-salt, percale, physique, picture frame, pile, pique, pith, plaid, plaiting, plan, plush, polyester, pongee, poplin, prefab, prefabricated house, prefabrication, presidential palace, print, production, pyramid, quilting, quintessence, radium, rag, ranch house, rayon, rayon casheen, rectory, rep, roof, rugging, russet, sackcloth, sacking, sailcloth, sap, sarcenet, sash, sateen, satin, say, seersucker, serge, setup, shalloon, shantung, shape, shaping, sharkskin, sheers, sheeting, shell, shoddy, shot silk, silk, skeleton, skyscraper, sod house, soul, spirit, split-level, spun rayon, stamin, stammel, stockinette, structure, structuring, stuff, substance, suede, sum and substance, superstructure, swansdown, tabaret, tabby, taffeta, taffety, tangible, tapestry, tarpaulin, tartan, tectonics, terry cloth, textile, textile fabric, texture, tick, ticking, tissu, tissue, tower, town house, tricotine, tulle, tussah, tussore, tweed, twill, twining, twisting, veiling, velours, velure, velvet, velveteen, vicarage, voile, warp and woof, warpage, wash-and-wear fabric, watered fabric, weave, weaving, web, webbing, weft, weftage, window case, window frame, woof, wool, worsted, wreathing

ROGET THESAURUS

fabric

State

N state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim, mood, pickle, plight, temper, aspect, dilemma, pass, predicament, constitution, habitude, diathesis, frame, fabric, stamp, set, fit, mold, mould, mode, modality, schesis, form, tone, tenor, turn, trim, guise, fashion, light, complexion, style, character, conditional, modal, formal, structural, organic, conditionally, as the matter stands, as things are, such being the case.

Effect

N effect, consequence, aftergrowth, aftercome, derivative, derivation, result, resultant, resultance, upshot, issue, denouement, end, development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud, production, produce, work, handiwork, fabric, performance, creature, creation, offspring, offshoot, firstfruits, firstlings, heredity, telegony, premices premises, owing to, resulting from, derivable from, due to, caused by, dependent upon, derived from, evolved from, derivative, hereditary, telegonous, of course, it follows that, naturally, consequently, as a consequence, in consequence, through, all along of, necessarily, eventually, cela va sans dire, thereby hangs a tale.

Production

N production, creation, construction, formation, fabrication, manufacture, building, architecture, erection, edification, coinage, diaster, organization, nisus formativus, putting together, establishment, workmanship, performance, achievement, flowering, fructification, inflorescence, bringing forth, parturition, birth, birth-throe, childbirth, delivery, confinement, accouchement, travail, labor, midwifery, obstetrics, geniture, gestation, assimilation, evolution, development, growth, entelechy, fertilization, gemination, germination, heterogamy, genesis, generation, epigenesis, procreation, progeneration, propagation, fecundation, impregnation, albumen, spontaneous generation, archegenesis, archebiosis, biogenesis, abiogenesis, digenesis, dysmerogenesis, eumerogenesis, heterogenesis, oogenesis, merogenesis, metogenesis, monogenesis, parthenogenesis, homogenesis, xenogenesis, authorship, publication, works, opus, oeuvre, biogeny, dissogeny, xenogeny, tocogony, vacuolization, edifice, building, structure, fabric, erection, pile, tower, flower, fruit, produced, producing, productive of, prolific, creative, formative, genetic, genial, genital, pregnant, enceinte, big with, fraught with, in the family way, teeming, parturient, in the straw, brought to bed of, puerperal, puerperous, digenetic, heterogenetic, oogenetic, xenogenetic, ectogenous, gamic, haematobious, sporogenous, sporophorous, architectonic, ex nihilo nihil, fiat lux, materiam superabat opus, nemo dat quod non habet.

Texture

N texture, structure (form), organization, anatomy, frame, mold, fabric, construction, framework, carcass, architecture, stratification, cleavage, substance, stuff, compages, parenchyma, constitution, staple, organism, organography, osteology, myology, splanchnology, neurology, angiography, adeology, angiography, adenography, texture, surface texture, intertexture, contexture, tissue, grain, web, surface, warp and woof, warp and weft, tooth, nap, flatness (smoothness), fineness of grain, coarseness of grain, dry goods, silk, satin, muslin, burlap, histology, structural, organic, anatomic, anatomical, textural, textile, fine grained, coarse grained, fine, delicate, subtile, gossamery, filmy, silky, satiny, coarse, homespun, rough, gritty, smooth, smooth as silk, smooth as satin.