Khaki vs. Fabric

Khakinoun

A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.

Fabricnoun

(archaic) Structure, building.

Khakinoun

Khaki green, a dull green colour.

Fabricnoun

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

Khakinoun

A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.

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’;

Khakinoun

(rare) A soldier wearing a khaki uniform.

Fabricnoun

The framework underlying a structure.

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

Khakinoun

A British person (from the colour of the uniform of British troops, originally in the Second Boer War; compare rooinek). In this sense the plural generally is khakies.

Fabricnoun

A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.

‘cotton fabric’;

Khakinoun

Khaki clothing or uniform, commonly in the plural.

‘he was dressed in khaki, he was wearing his khakies’;

Fabricnoun

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

Khakiadjective

Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.

Fabricnoun

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

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

Khakiadjective

Of a dull brownish yellow, or drab color; - applied to cloth, originally to a stout brownish cotton cloth, used in making uniforms in the Anglo-Indian army.

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.

Khakinoun

Any kind of khaki cloth; hence, a uniform of khaki or, rarely, a soldier clad in khaki. In the United States and British armies khaki or cloth of a very similar color is almost exclusively used for service in the field.

Fabricnoun

That which is fabricated

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

Khakinoun

a sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms

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.

Khakiadjective

of a yellowish brown color

Fabricnoun

The act of constructing; construction.

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

Khakinoun

a strong cotton or wool fabric of a dull brownish-yellow colour, used especially in military clothing

‘he was dressed from head to toe in khaki’; ‘a regulation-issue khaki overall’;

Fabricnoun

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

‘The whole vast fabric of society.’;

Khakinoun

trousers or other clothing made of khaki

‘he pulled on his khakis’;

Fabricverb

To frame; to build; to construct.

Khakinoun

a dull greenish or brownish-yellow colour

‘a pair of khaki Bermuda shorts’;

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’;

Khaki

Khaki (UK: , US: ) is a color, a light shade of brown with a yellowish tinge. Khaki has been used by many armies around the world for uniforms, including camouflage.

Fabricnoun

the underlying structure;

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