fabric
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rɪk Origin:
1475–85; (< Middle French fabrique) < Latin fabrica craft, especially metalworking or building, workshop. See forge1
1475–85; (< Middle French fabrique) < Latin fabrica craft, especially metalworking or building, workshop. See forge1
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| —n | |
| 1. | any cloth made from yarn or fibres by weaving, knitting, felting, etc |
| 2. | the texture of a cloth |
| 3. | a structure or framework: the fabric of society |
| 4. | a style or method of construction |
| 5. | rare a building |
| 6. | the texture, arrangement, and orientation of the constituents of a rock |
| [C15: from Latin fabrica workshop, from faber craftsman] | |
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Word Origin & History
fabric
late 15c., "building, thing made," from M.Fr. fabrique, from L. fabrica "workshop," from faber "artisan who works in hard materials." Sense evolved via "manufactured material" (1753) to "textile" (1791).
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Example sentences
Also known as shade fabric, this woven material is useful as a temporary or long-term screen against hot sun and drying winds.
Tugging causes the fabric to curl toward the center, and the cloth will also stretch.
It was rigged with a leather conveyor belt that kept the fabric moving as it was being sewn.
IT is interesting to watch the development of satin as a popular dress fabric.
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