Dictionary
fab•ric
Pronunciation: (fab'rik), [key]—
n.
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. Petrog.the spatial arrangement and orientation of the constituents of a rock.
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