Fabric vs. Terylene

Fabricnoun

(archaic) Structure, building.

Terylenenoun

A polymer, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), used for making thread and cloth.

Fabricnoun

(archaic) The act of constructing, construction, fabrication.

Terylenenoun

a kind of polyester fabric

Fabricnoun

(archaic) The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make.

‘cloth of a beautiful fabric’;

Terylenenoun

an artificial textile fibre made from a polyester, used to make light, crease-resistant clothing, bed linen, and sails.

Fabricnoun

The framework underlying a structure.

‘the fabric of our lives’; ‘the fabric of the universe’;

Fabricnoun

A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.

‘cotton fabric’;

Fabricnoun

(petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.

Fabricnoun

(computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.

‘The Internet is a fabric of computers connected by routers.’;

Fabricnoun

The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.

Fabricnoun

That which is fabricated

‘Anon out of the earth a fabric hugeRose like an exhalation.’;

Fabricnoun

Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, whether vegetable, animal, or synthetic; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics; made of a fabric that is 50% cotton and 50% polyester.

Fabricnoun

The act of constructing; construction.

‘Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the fabric of the churches for the poor.’;

Fabricnoun

Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe.

‘The whole vast fabric of society.’;

Fabricverb

To frame; to build; to construct.

Fabricnoun

artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers;

‘the fabric in the curtains was light and semitraqnsparent’; ‘woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC’; ‘she measured off enough material for a dress’;

Fabricnoun

the underlying structure;

‘restoring the framework of the bombed building’; ‘it is part of the fabric of society’;