fabric

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
  2. noun the underlying structure

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

cloth, material, textile

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