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fabric (FAB rik) (s) (noun), fabrics (pl)
1. A textile or cloth of natural or synthetic materials which may have been made either by hand or by machine: Brian's mother told him to wash this fabric in cold water so it won't shrink.
2. A framework, the basic structure of something; such as, a building, a form of government, an organization, etc.: The fabrics of the nation are weakened when its citizens mistrust their government officials.
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(Latin: workshop of an artisan, building, fabric, forger)
(Greek > Latin: bambacium, "cotton fabric"; from bombax, "cotton"; from Latin, bombyx, "silk, silkworm"; from Greek, bombux, "silkworm")
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fabric (FAB rik) (s) (noun), fabrics (pl)
1. A textile or cloth of natural or synthetic materials which may have been made either by hand or by machine: Brian's mother told him to wash this fabric in cold water so it won't shrink.
2. A framework, the basic structure of something; such as, a building, a form of government, an organization, etc.: The fabrics of the nation are weakened when its citizens mistrust their government officials.