Definition of "fabric" in English

noun

1. (now rare) An edifice or building.

2. (archaic) The act of constructing, construction, fabrication.

3. (archaic) The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make.

   • cloth of a beautiful fabric

4. The physical material of a building.

   • This church dates back to the 11th century, though the great majority of its fabric is fifteenth century or later.

5. (figurative) The framework underlying a structure.

   • the fabric of our lives
   • the fabric of the universe

6. A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.

   • cotton fabric

7. The texture of a cloth.

8. (petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.

9. (archaeology) The fired clay material of pottery artifacts.

10. (computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.

    • The Internet is a fabric of computers connected by routers.

verb

1. (transitive) To cover with fabric.