Fabric

Definition of fabric:

part of speech: noun

Anything framed or built; construction; cloth; tissue.

part of speech: noun

Workmanship; texture; anything framed by art and labor; building; manufactured cloth; any system of connected parts.

part of speech: noun

Cloth woven from cotton, woolen, linen, or silk thread; any woven goods; the structure of anything.

Usage examples for fabric:

• It was Peter who took it; and as their hands met, the whole fabric of the man on the cot broke into trembling. "Red Fleece", Will Levington Comfort.

• She stood up by his side, little flashes of firelight lighting her soft white skin, gleaming upon the soft fabric of her gown. "The Wicked Marquis", E. Phillips Oppenheim.

• The materials used are silk and gold, but one might well add that the soul of the weaver also entered into the fabric "The Tapestry Book", Helen Churchill Candee.

• The spell was broken, and the airy fabric of their empire, built on the superstition of ages, vanished at a touch. "History-of-the-Conquest-of-Peru-with-a-preliminary-view-of-the-civilization-of-the-Incas", Prescott, William Hickling.