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noun
An edifice or building.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
The act of constructing, construction, fabrication.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The physical material of a building.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The framework underlying a structure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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noun
A material made of fibers; especially, a woven one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: material, textile, cloth
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: material, matter, substance, stuff
noun
The texture of a cloth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences, petrology
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noun
The fired clay material of pottery artifacts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
To cover with fabric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: cloth, material, textile
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: artifact, artefact
Narrower terms: aba, acrylic, Aertex, alpaca, baize, basket weave, batik, batiste, belting, bombazine, boucle, broadcloth, brocade, buckram, bunting, calico, cambric, camel's hair, camelhair, camlet, camouflage, camo, canopy, canvas, canvass, cashmere, cerecloth, challis, chambray, chenille, chiffon, chino, chintz, coating, cobweb, cord, corduroy, cotton, cotton flannel, Canton flannel, crepe, crape, cretonne, crinoline, damask, denim, dungaree, jean, diamante, diaper, dimity, doeskin, drapery, duck, duffel, duffle, elastic, etamine, etamin, faille, felt, fiber, fibre, vulcanized fiber, flannel, flannelette, fleece, foulard, frieze, fustian, gabardine, georgette, gingham, grogram, grosgrain, haircloth, hair, herringbone, homespun, hopsacking, hopsack, horsehair, jaconet, jacquard, khadi, khaddar, khaki, knit, lace, lame, leatherette, imitation leather, linen, linsey-woolsey, lint, lisle, mackinaw, mackintosh, macintosh, madras, marseille, metallic, mohair, moire, watered-silk, moleskin, monk's cloth, moquette, moreen, motley, mousseline de sole, muslin, nankeen, net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork, ninon, nylon, oilcloth, olive drab, organza, paisley, panting, trousering, pepper-and-salt, percale, permanent press, durable press, piece of cloth, piece of material, pilot cloth, pinstripe, pique, plush, polyester, pongee, poplin, print, quilting, rayon, rep, repp, sackcloth, sacking, bagging, sailcloth, samite, sateen, satin, satinet, satinette, screening, scrim, seersucker, serge, shag, shantung, sharkskin, sheeting, shirting, shirttail, silesia, silk, spandex, sponge cloth, stammel, suede cloth, suede, suiting, swan's down, taffeta, tammy, tapa, tappa, tapestry, tapis, tartan, plaid, terry, terry cloth, terrycloth, ticking, toweling, towelling, tweed, twill, upholstery material, Velcro, velour, velours, velvet, velveteen, vicuna, Viyella, voile, wash-and-wear, waterproof, web, webbing, whipcord, wincey, wire cloth, wool, woolen, woollen, worsted, yoke, pina cloth
noun
the underlying structure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: framework
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: structure
History
Borrowed from French fabrique, from Latin fabrica (“a workshop, art, trade, product of art, structure, fabric”), from faber (“artisan, workman”). Doublet of fabrica, borrowed from Latin, and forge, borrowed from Old French.
Across languages
216 source translations are retained for this English entry.
