Fabric

Definition: Fabric

Fabric

Noun

1. Artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers.

2. The underlying structure; "restoring the framework of the bombed building"; "it is part of the fabric of society".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "fabric" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Fabric

Effect

Production, produce, work, handiwork, fabric, performance; creature, creation; offspring, offshoot; firstfruits, firstlings; heredity, telegony; premices premises.

Production

Edifice, building, structure, fabric, erection, pile, tower, flower, fruit.

State

Cons habitude, diathesis; frame, fabric; stamp, set, fit, mold, mould.

Texture

Noun: structure (form), organization, anatomy, frame, mold, fabric, construction; framework, carcass, architecture; stratification, cleavage.

Unsubstantiality

Shadow; phantom;(fallacy of vision); dream; (imagination); ignis fatuus; (luminary); " such stuff as dreams are made of "; air, thin air, vapor; bubble; " baseless fabric of a vision "; mockery.

World

Phrase: die Weltgeschichte ist das Weltergesicht; "earth is but the frozen echo of the silent voice of God"; "green calm below, blue quietness above"; "hanging in a golden chain this pendant World"; "nothing in nature is unbeautiful"; "silently as a dream the fabric rose"; "some touch of nature's genial glow"; "this majestical roof fretted with golden fire"; "through knowledge we behold the World's creation".

Crosswords: Fabric

And your vicar can have it for the fabric of his kirche (Dad's Army; writing credit: David Croft; Jimmy Perry)

I need some fabric softener (Greg the Bunny; writing credit: Francesco Barilli)

A rip in the very fabric of space and time (The Black Hole; writing credit: Jeb Rosebrook; Bob Barbash)

Not another tear in the dimensional fabric! (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; writing credit: Kevin Eastman; Peter Laird)

Hey! This fabric on the couch, does it have a name (You've Got Mail; writing credit: Nora Ephron)

The Moral Fabric (1916)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Quaker Fabric Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The 2001 Report on Fabric Conditioners: World Market Segmentation by City (reference)

• The 2001 Long-Run Global Growth Prospects for Fabric Conditioners: A Physioeconomic Perspective (reference)

• The 2000-2005 Outlook for Weft, Lace, and Warp Knit Fabric Mills in The Middle East (reference)

• The World Market for Woven Textile Wicks for Lamps, Stoves, Lighters, or Candles; Incandescent Gas Mantles; and Tubular Knitted Fabric Therefor: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Anatomy of a Doll: The Fabric Sculptor's Handbook (reference)

• Fantastic Fabric Folding: Innovative Quilting Projects (reference)

• Mickey Lawler's Skydyes: A Visual Guide to Fabric Painting (reference)

• Omiyage : Handmade Gifts from Fabric in the Japanese Tradition (reference)

• Sewing & Sculpting Dolls: Easy-To-Make Dolls from Fabric, Modeling Paste, and Polymer Clay (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Fabric & Fashion (reference)

• Fabric Architecture (reference)

• Fabric Filter Knowledge Network (reference)

• Fabric Filter Newsletter (reference)

• Fabric Forecast (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Framing Needlework & Fabric (reference)

• How to Crochet With Yarn & Fabric (reference)

• T-Shirt and Fabric Airbrushing, Vol. 1 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Fabric 07 (reference)

• Fabric Live 06 (reference)

• Fabric Live 7 (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• 1-pack Fabric Ribbon for Lq1010 1050 1070 1170 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• White Glider with Celedon Fabric (reference)

• Bissell 9351 Fabric & Upholstery Cleaner (reference)

• Conair FSP10 Fabric Steam Press (reference)

• Conair GS10 Deluxe Fabric Steamer (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

An aerial view of the construction. Placing a roll of filter cloth and geogrid on the surface, rock is then placed on top of the fabric. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Welding the pieces of fabric together at the bottom and sides of the combined disposal facility. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

District Conservationist Wess Stanly reviews animal waste lagoon constructed with geo-textile fabric liner in Virginia. Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

Rescue party cutting into the fabric hull covering, near the tail, in an effort to save airmen trapped in the wreckage, "scarcely one-half hour" after the airship broke up, exploded and crashed into the Humber River at Hull, England. Credit: NAVY.

At Scapa Flow, 1917, with other battleships and cruisers of the Grand Fleet. Note triangular fabric pieces fitted to her masts and funnels as anti-rangefinding camouflage. Credit: NAVY.

Crosspatch, a fabric design] / Ray Eames. Credit: Library of Congress.

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Closeup of woman worker applying rubberized fabric attachements to inflation valve equipment. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio. Credit: Library of Congress.

Allied Stores, 1440 Broadway, New York City. Fabric I. Credit: Library of Congress.

James Lees & Sons Co., business at 295 5th Ave., New York, New York. Clear color fabric. Credit: Library of Congress.

America House, Goodheart furniture store, 2101 K St. Swatches of fabric. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Whether they are herein made the tools of cunninger workmen, to pull down their own fabric, they were best look. (Second Treatise of Government)

That the people have an original right to establish, for their future govern-ment, such principles as, in their opinion, shall most conduce to their own happiness, is the basis on which the whole American fabric has been erected. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The skin around the vagina can also be sensitive to perfumed soaps, detergents, and fabric softeners. (references)

If you have recently changed your soap or laundry detergent or have added a fabric softener, you might consider stopping the new product to see if the symptoms remain. (references)

They found their way into the room through a crack—deer mice can squeeze through holes as small as a shirt button! Some mice chew through the fabric of an old armchair and build a nest inside it. Other mice shred bits of magazines and build nests under the shredded pieces. (references)

Business

Usually, a roll has about 30 to 50 meters of fabric. (references)

Pure cotton remains the main material for the pile fabric. (references)

The fabric rolls in stock are those that generate the most demand. (references)

Civil Liberties

Switzerland

The Graubunden cantonal police deny any involvement in the death and said the man hung himself with a self-made rope of fabric. (references)

Economic History

Sri Lanka

This will create a demand for high quality fabric at minimum lead times. (references)

Sri Lanka

The country relies heavily on fabric imports to meet the demand of garment manufacturers. (references)

Minorities

Philippines

Historically they have been alienated from the dominant Christian majority, and government efforts to integrate Muslims into the political and economic fabric of the country have met with only limited success. (references)

Political Economy

BANGLADESH

The central bank offers a 25 percent rebate to domestic manufacturers of fabric for ready-made garment exports. (references)

URUGUAY

The government provides a nine- percent subsidy to wool fabric and apparel producers using funds from taxes on certain wool exports. (references)

Trade

New Zealand

Wool products, defined as any product containing 50% or more by weight of wool, must be marked to show, in English, a trade description of the main fabric in the product and the percentage by the weight of the wool in the product. (references)

Philippines

When it is not practical or possible to conform to the previous requirement, an alternative method shall be to print or stamp the required information on the outer-edge portion of the fabric roll or fold and, in addition, to attach tags at the beginning and end of the roll or folds. (references)

Laos

MOST GOODS ARE ASSESSED AT THE HIGHER 10% RATE; GOODS CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL TO DOMESTIC PRODUCTION (SUCH AS AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT, POWER TOOLS, AND CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; FABRIC AND COTTON THREAD) ARE ASSESSED AT 5%. TAX-EXEMPT GOODS INCLUDE RICE; FERTILIZER AND ANIMAL FEED; FIRE TRUCKS AND WHEELCHAIRS. (references)

Travel

Chad

Kousserie: Located across the river in Cameroon, Kousserie has a daily market, several general stores, and fabric shops. (references)

Chad

One can find restaurants, bars, food products, carpets, woven mats, hardware, fabric, jewelry, African artisan goods, wool rugs, beads, leather products, and wood carvings. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "fabric": angola fabric ♦ bleached cotton fabric ♦ blend fabric ♦ chiné fabric ♦ clouded woven fabric ♦ coarse hemp fabric ♦ coat fabric ♦ concretion with undifferentiated fabric ♦ corded fabric ♦ cotton fabric ♦ delicate fabric ♦ drapery fabric ♦ elastic fabric ♦ elysian fabric ♦ fabric guide ♦ fabric softener ♦ fur fabric ♦ furnishing fabric ♦ goffered woven fabric ♦ hemp fabric ♦ homespun fabric ♦ impregnated fabric ♦ knitted fabric ♦ knitted or crocheted fabric ♦ lamellar fabric ♦ lightweight fabric ♦ mixed fabric ♦ moleskin fabric ♦ net fabric ♦ pile fabric ♦ plain fabric ♦ plated fabric ♦ pleated fabric ♦ printed fabric ♦ ribbed fabric ♦ right side of a fabric ♦ sepic plasmic fabric ♦ seriate fabric ♦ silk fabric ♦ single knitted atlas fabric ♦ single knitted vandyke fabric ♦ social fabric ♦ soil fabric ♦ tent fabric ♦ terry fabric ♦ unbleached fabric ♦ undifferentiated fabric ♦ warp fabric ♦ woolen fabric. Additional references.

Beginning with "fabric": fabric-and-leather, fabric-backed, fabric-covered, fabric-covering, fabric-deep, fabric-destructive, fabric-like, fabric-retentive, fabric-softeners, fabric-weaving, fabric-winged.

Ending with "fabric": wood-and-fabric.

Containing "fabric": figured-fabric loom.

Albanian

teksturë, strukturë (conformation, construction, contexture, frame, framework, grain, make up, pattern, set, set up, skeleton, state, structure), stof (cloth, coating, drapery, material), pëlhurë (caddis, cloth, drapery, web, weft), ndërtim (building, conformation, construction, erection, installations, masonry, structure, texture, upbuilding), endje (divagation, meanders, relish, roam, vagabondage, vagabondism, vagrancy, weave, weaving), cohë (cloth, drapery, material), cilësi (caliber, calibre, capacity, class, degree, merit, qualification, quality, sort, texture). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نسيج القماش, ‏قماش (cloth, tarpaulin, textile, texture, tick, tissue, weft), ‏طراز البناء, ‏بنية (armature, build, construction, figure, format, formation, framework, gestalt, make up, organism, structure, substructure, texture), ‏بناء المجتمع. (various references)

Bulgarian 

структура (architecture, conformation, construction, contexture, formation, frame, framework, ordonnance, pattern, set up, structure), устройство (appliance, composition, conformation, design, frame, grain, hang, mechanism, organization, pattern, rig, set, set up, structure), сграда (building, edifice, house, palisade, premises), тъкан (cloth, contexture, textile, tissue, weave, web, weft, woof), качество (brand, capacity, class, degree, grade, kind, merit, point, quality, rate, stamp, tap), материя (material, matter, stuff, substance, textile, wear), здание (building, edifice), постройка (construction, edifice, erection, structure), плетен (knitted), платнен (cloth, linen), плат (cloth, coating, material, textile, wear). (various references)

Chinese 

织品. (various references)

Czech

tkanina (cloth, textile, tissue, weave, weft, woof), struktura (make, structure, texture), látka (cloth, material, matter, matting, stuff, substance, suiting), kostra (frame, skeleton). (various references)

Danish

raahus (carcase, carcass, shell), raabygning (carcase, carcass, shell). (various references)

Dutch

weefsel (cloth, material, textile). (various references)

Esperanto

teksaĵo (textile). (various references)

Farsi 

پارچه (Cloth, Lot, Piece, Stuff, Textile), قماش (Cloth), سبک بافت , اساس (Base, Basis, Bedrock, Cornerstone, Element, Ground, Groundwork, Nucleus, Root). (various references)

Finnish

kangas (cloth, heath, material, moor, stuff). (various references)

French

tissu. (various references)

German

Gewebe (cloth, film, material, stuff, textile, texture, textures, tissue, tissues, weave, web, webs), struktur (construction, format, formation, make up, structure, texture, weave). (various references)

Greek 

ύφασμα (Cheviot, cloth, material, percale, stuff, textile, web, weft), στόφα (range, stove), πάνινοσ, πανί (cloth, material, sail, stuff), οικοδόμημα (edifice). (various references)

Hebrew 

מארג (contexture, texture, weave, web), מבנה (building, design, format, formation, frame, set, setup, structure, texture, type), מרקם (texture, tissue, web), אטון (cord, thread, yarn), אריג (cloth, material, textile, tissue, twill, web), ארג (cloth, textile, texture), בד (cloth, material, textile). (various references)

Hungarian

szerkezet (architecture, arrester, arrestor, build, conformation, construction, contraption, contrivance, device, dodge, framework, gear, gimmick, hanger, hitch, layout, machinery, mechanism, movement, pulling device, rig, sealing, set-up, structure, substructure, texture), ruhaanyag (cloth, material, stuff). (various references)

Indonesian

encit (cloth). (various references)

Italian

tessuto (cloth, coating, duffel, duffle, material, tissue, web, woven), stoffa (canvas, cloth, material, matter, stuff). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

裂地 (cloth), 織物　 (textile), 織物 (textile), 織地 (texture), 織り地 (texture), ファッション雑誌 (familiar, familism, family, family bike, family brand, family car, family computer, family fund, family life cycle, family name, family restaurant, family-size, fanatic, fanaticism, far away, farad, fashion magazine, funny, funny face, Nintendo, video game system), 段物 (cloth, drapery, dry goods, lively type of shamisen song, measure of kimono material, musicalpiece in several acts, piece goods, textiles, type of koto solo), 反物　 (cloth, dry goods, textiles), 反物 (cloth, drapery, dry goods, measure of kimono material, piece goods, textiles), 布地 (cloth), 切地 (cloth), 切れ地 (cloth). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たんもの (cloth, drapery, dry goods, measure of kimono material, piece goods, textiles), おりもの (afterbirth, menstruation, textile), おりじ (texture), ファブリック , きれじ (anal fistula, bleeding hemorrhoids, cloth), ぬのじ (cloth). (various references)

Korean 

직물 (textile, tissue, Weave). (various references)

Manx

eaddagh (cloth, clothing, drapery, dress, material). (various references)

Norwegian

vevning, struktur (frame), stoff (dope). (various references)

Papiamen

tela (textile). (various references)

Pig Latin

abricfay.(various references)

Portuguese

pano (bunting, caliber, cloth, linen, material, rag, sail, stuff, wooden cloth). (various references)

Romanian

structurã (cast, composition, constitution, contexture, frame, lattice, machinery, make, make up, organization, pattern, skeleton, state, structure), stofã (cloth, material, stuff, suiting, textile, texture, tissue), materie (domain, material, matter, sphere, stuff, subject, substance), material (cloth, copy, corporeal, earthly, economic, financial, mass, material, matter, palpable, physical, real, sensual, stuff, substantial, tissue), edificiu (edifice, structure), eşafodaj (scaffolding, stage, structure), construcţie (architecture, build, building, built, construction, design, edifice, frame, framework, make up, pile, structure, style, texture), clãdire (building, construction, edifice, structure), alcãtuire (compilation, composition, frame, make, make up, making, organization, structure), ţesãturã (contexture, darn, material, netting, stuff, textile, texture, tissue, web, weft). (various references)

Russian 

структура (composition, contexture, frame, framework, machinery, organization, pattern, set up, structure), строение (bdg building, bldg building, building, construction, erection, frame, grain, pattern, structure, texture), ткань тканый, ткань (cloth, leather-cloth, texture, tissue, weft, woof), материя (bunting, material, matter, substance), здание (bdg building, bldg building, building, courthouse, edifice). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

tkanje (weaving, web, weft, woof), tkanina (cloth, material, stuff, textile, web), štof (material). (various references)

Spanish

tejido (Abb, cloth, knitted, texture, tissue, weave, web), tela (bit, cloth, dry goods, Guinea, lump, material, piece, spare part, stuff, web). (various references)

Swedish

väv (material, textile, tissue, weave, web, woof), vävnad (contexture, textile, tissue), tyg (agent, cloth, material, means, ordnance, stuff, textile, tool, wowen). (various references)

Thai

โครงสร้าง (skeleton), ผ้าหรือสิ่งทอ. (various references)

Turkish

yapı (architecture, being, blood, build, building, chemistry, composition, conformation, constitution, construction, contexture, corpus, disposition, edifice, erection, fiber, fibre, form, frame, framework, habit, habit of body, make, make up, making, Mold, mould, nature, organism, presence, quality, set up, strain, structural, structure, system, texture, works), kumaş (cloth, contexture, drape, material, materials, stuff, woof), inşa (building, construction), dokuma (contexture, knitted, piece goods, soft goods, textile, textiles, weave, weaving, web, webbing, woof, woven), bez (article of clothing, cloth, garment, gland, linen, materials, swab), bünye (constitution, contexture, habit of body, organization, physique, quality, structure, texture), çatı (frame, framework, roof, roofing, skeleton, voice). (various references)

Turkmen 

materiяa (r) (material, matter), mata (cloth). (various references)

Ukrainian

структура (anatomy, architecture, conformation, contexture, economy, formation, framework, ordonnance, organization, structure), тканина (cloth, textile, tissue, web, webbing, weft, woof), вирібка, виріб (manufacture, product, production, -ware, work). (various references)

Vietnamese 

kết cấu (structure, texture), công trình xây dựng giàn khung. (various references)

contextum, fabrica, tela, textile, textilis, textura, textus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "fabric": fabricant, fabricants, fabricate, fabricated, fabricates, fabricating, fabrication, fabrications, fabricator, fabricators, fabrics. (additional references)

Words containing "fabric": prefabricate, prefabricated, prefabricates, prefabricating, prefabrication, prefabrications. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Fabric" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fabbrica, Fabbriche, fabi, Fabra, fabre, fabrex, Fabri, fabrica, Fabrik, Fabron, Fabry, Fabryka, Fabsil, farci, farib, faric, febris, febru, Febry, frabric, Furic, Haubrich, kabhri. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: baric, farci, rabic.

-2 letters: abri, barf, carb, crab, crib, fair, fiar.

-3 letters: air, arb, arc, arf, bar, bra, cab, car, far, fib, fir, ria, rib, rif.

-4 letters: ab, ai, ar, ba, bi, fa, if.

+1 letter: fabrics.

+2 letters: backfire, fireback.

+3 letters: backfired, backfires, bifurcate, briefcase, fabricant, fabricate, firebacks.

+4 letters: backfiring, bifurcated, bifurcates, briefcases, clofibrate, fabricants, fabricated, fabricates, fabricator.

+5 letters: beneficiary, bifurcating, bifurcation, certifiable, certifiably, clofibrates, confirmable, fabricating, fabrication, fabricators, forbiddance, rectifiable, rubefacient, trafficable.