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# fabric

noun (a fabric, fabrics; fabric — uncountable)

«fabric» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Fabric is cloth, material made by weaving or knitting threads, used for clothes, curtains and bags. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabric/#m1)
2. The fabric of a building is its walls, floors and roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabric/#m2)
3. The fabric of society or life means the basic structure that holds it together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabric/#m3)

### In the lessons

In design and technology lessons pupils choose fabrics such as cotton, wool, felt or nylon for projects, testing which is waterproof, stretchy or warm. In science we test materials for properties. In everyday life labels show what fabric clothes are made of and how to wash them. Phrases: «a piece of fabric», «cotton fabric», «waterproof fabric», «fabric softener».

### Examples

- We cut the fabric to make puppets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabric/#x1)
- This fabric is soft and stretchy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabric/#x2)
- Which fabric is the most waterproof? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabric/#x3)
- Cotton is a natural fabric; nylon is man-made. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabric/#x4)
- Mum bought fabric for new curtains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabric/#x5)
- The label shows the fabric and washing instructions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabric/#x6)
- The old church's fabric needs repairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabric/#x7)
- Kindness is part of the fabric of our school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabric/#x8)
- Then a feast of the most delicate dishes was served in a room hung with embroidered Indian fabrics. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabric/#x9)

### Note

Countable when meaning types (different fabrics), uncountable for the material (some fabric). False friend: in many languages «fabrica/Fabrik» means «factory» — in English, a factory is not a fabric.

## In Jewish tradition

In Ezekiel it means cloth and rich woven goods that merchants of Tyre traded, like blue wrappings and embroidered work.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads Ezekiel's long list of Tyre's trade as a picture of great wealth and pride that would fall.

### Examples

- \[paragraph continues\] God stands in close connection with the Universe, and just so is Tali connected with the world, that is, an invisible, celestial or universal axis carries the whole fabric. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fabric/#x1)
- These were thy traffickers in gorgeous fabrics, in wrappings of blue and richly woven work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords and cedar-lined, among thy merchandise. (Prophets EZK.27.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fabric/#x2)

### Note

Countable when meaning types (different fabrics), uncountable for the material (some fabric). False friend: in many languages «fabrica/Fabrik» means «factory» — in English, a factory is not a fabric.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fabric» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabric/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fabric» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fabric.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «fabric» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fabric/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fabric» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fabric.html) on Mova free.