Fabric Meaning
/ˈfæb.ɹɪk/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn edifice or building.
nounThe act of constructing, construction, fabrication.
Sentence Examples
This fabric stains easily.
I'd like to have this fabric dyed.
They sell a wide variety of printed cotton fabric.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The tailor carefully cut the blue ____ to sew a new dress.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
This soft ____ is made from a blend of cotton and silk, making it very comfortable to wear.
Word Origin & 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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Anon out of the earth a fabric huge / Rose like an exhalation."
— 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
"They withdrew from the gate, as if to depart, but he presently thought he heard them amongst the trees on the other side of the fabric, and soon became convinced that they had not left the abbey."
— 1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest, Oxford 1999, page 86:
"Tithe was received by the bishop […] for the fabric of the churches for the poor."
— 1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity:
"Only with the second actor, can plot, […] the reaction of man on man, be knit into the very fabric of dramatic art."
— 1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “I. Introduction”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, pages 19–20:
"I thought the best match of sympathy with reality was in Fritz Matthies' Pauline's Birthday or the Beast of Notre Dame. It was a surprise, not just because of its ending, but because there was a real fabric in the characters' relationships. In this, it outweighs The Deputy and all its high drama."
— 1982 December 25, Peg Byron, “The 1982 New York Gay Film Festival”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 23, page 12:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The tailor carefully cut the blue ____ to sew a new dress.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
This soft ____ is made from a blend of cotton and silk, making it very comfortable to wear.