Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (n.) The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric. 2. (n.) That which is fabricated 3. (n.) Framework; structure; edifice; building. 4. (n.) Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics. 5. (n.) The act of constructing; construction. 6. (n.) Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe. 7. (v. t.) To frame; to build; to construct.
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