fabric

noun

1. 1

   An edifice or building.

2. 2

   The act of constructing, construction, fabrication.

3. 3

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

   “cloth of a beautiful fabric”

4. 4

   The framework underlying a structure.

   “the fabric of our lives”

5. 5

   A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.

   “cotton fabric”

6. 6

   The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.

7. 7

   Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.

   “The Internet is a fabric of computers connected by routers.”