fabric

5 definitions • 9 examples

cloth or material for making clothes, covering furniture, etc.:

dress fabric

seats upholstered in red fabric

cotton fabrics

the structure or parts of something:

the fabric of society

cloth or woven material, or a type of this material:

[ U ] cotton fabric

[ C ] Wash delicate fabrics by hand.

the structure of something; the parts of something that hold it together and make it what it is:

Extreme social activism might rip apart the social fabric.

cloth:

Consumers are demanding lighter, easy-to-care-for fabrics.

Competition from overseas fabric producers forced the company to shed 700 jobs.