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fabric

[ fab-rik ]

noun

  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, especially of a church building.
  7. the maintenance of such a building.
  8. Petrography. the spatial arrangement and orientation of the constituents of a rock.


fabric

/ ˈ´Úæ²ú°ùɪ°ì /

noun

  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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of fabric1

1475–85; (< Middle French fabrique ) < Latin fabrica craft, especially metalworking or building, workshop. See forge 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of fabric1

C15: from Latin fabrica workshop, from faber craftsman
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And as influential left-wing YouTubers similarly rally anti-Yoon protesters, there are also concerns that political differences are being driven ever deeper into the fabric of South Korea's society.

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While that unease remains a familiar reality for queer people, Guiraudie’s film imagines a not-too-distant world where queerness is folded into the fabric of everyday life.

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But there is also a rising discourse around the need to strengthen the fabric of our communities by connecting with our neighbors, making libraries one of the most effective “third places†in American life.

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His job was one of the most influential and important jobs in our country, stitched into the fabric of our national life, into the Royal Family, Parliament, and small-p politics.

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But an exhibition in India's capital Delhi, that concluded two weeks ago, has highlighted the history of the ordinary fabric in a unique way.

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