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   fabric

   /ˈfabrɪk/

   noun

   • 1. cloth or other material produced by weaving or knitting fibres: "heavy cream fabric" Similar clothmaterialtextilestufftissueweb
   • 2. the walls, floor, and roof of a building: "decay and neglect are slowly eating away at the building's fabric" Similar structureframeworkframeformmake-upconstitutioncompositionconstructionorganizationinfrastructurefoundationsmechanismsanatomyessence
   • ▪ the body of a car or aircraft: "we heard creaking and rushing noises in the car's fabric"
   • ▪ the basic structure of a society, culture, activity, etc.: "the multicultural fabric of Canadian society"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from French fabrique, from Latin fabrica ‘something skilfully produced’, from faber ‘worker in metal, stone, etc.’ The word originally denoted a building, later a machine, the general sense being ‘something made’, hence fabric (sense 1) (mid 18th century, originally denoting any manufactured material). fabric (sense 2) dates from the mid 17th century.

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • F

     4

   • A

     1

   • B

     3

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

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