1 [U,C] material made by weaving wool, cotton, silk, etc., used for making clothes, curtains, etc. and for covering furniture:
cotton / knitted fabric * furnishing fabrics
2 [sing.] the ~ (of sth) (written) the basic structure of a society, an organization, etc. that enables it to function successfully:
a trend which threatens the very fabric of society
3 [sing.] the ~ (of sth) the basic structure of a building, such as the walls, floor and roof
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for fabric is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is fabric a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, fabric is tagged as noun.
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