fabric

Noun
  1. Artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers (synset 103314753)
    "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
    is a type of: artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole
    subtypes:
    • aba - a fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair
    • acrylic - a synthetic fabric
    • aertex - a trademark for a loosely woven cotton fabric that is used to make shirts and underwear
    • alpaca - a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool
    • baize - a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables
    • basket weave - a cloth woven of two or more threads interlaced to suggest the weave of a basket
    • batik - a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted
    • batiste - a thin plain-weave cotton or linen fabric; used for shirts or dresses
    • belting - the material of which belts are made
    • bombazine - a twilled fabric used for dresses; the warp is silk and the weft is worsted
    • boucle - a fabric of uneven yarn that has an uneven knobby effect
    • broadcloth - a closely woven silk or synthetic fabric with a narrow crosswise rib
    • broadcloth - a densely textured woolen fabric with a lustrous finish
    • brocade - thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern
    • buckram - a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
    • bunting - a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.
    • calico - coarse cloth with a bright print
    • cambric - a finely woven white linen
    • camel's hair, camelhair - a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel
    • camlet - a fabric of Asian origin; originally made of silk and camel's hair
    • camo, camouflage - fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background
    • canopy - the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air
    • canvas, canvass - a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
    • cashmere - a soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat
    • cerecloth - a waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud
    • challis - a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed)
    • chambray - a lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp
    • chenille - a heavy fabric woven with chenille cord; used in rugs and bedspreads
    • chiffon - a sheer fabric of silk or rayon
    • chino - a coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms
    • chintz - a brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric
    • coating - a heavy fabric suitable for coats
    • cobweb - a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider
    • cord, corduroy - a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton
    • cotton - fabric woven from cotton fibers
    • canton flannel, cotton flannel - a stout cotton fabric with nap on only one side
    • crape, crepe - a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface
    • cretonne - an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies
    • crinoline - a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing
    • damask - a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it
    • denim, dungaree, jean - a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
    • diamante - fabric covered with glittering ornaments such as sequins or rhinestones
    • diaper - a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures
    • dimity - a strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedcovers and curtains
    • doeskin - a fine smooth soft woolen fabric
    • drapery - cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds
    • duck - a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
    • duffel, duffle - a coarse heavy woolen fabric
    • elastic - a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material
    • etamin, etamine - a soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh; used for curtains or clothing etc.
    • faille - a ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton
    • felt - a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers
    • fiber, fibre, vulcanized fiber - a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
    • flannel - a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing
    • flannelette - a cotton fabric imitating flannel
    • fleece - a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing
    • foulard - a light plain-weave or twill-weave silk or silklike fabric (usually with a printed design)
    • frieze - a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap
    • fustian - a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap
    • gabardine - a firm durable fabric with a twill weave
    • georgette - a thin silk dress material
    • gingham - a clothing fabric in a plaid weave
    • grogram - a coarse fabric of silk mixed with wool or mohair and often stiffened with gum
    • grosgrain - a silk or silklike fabric with crosswise ribs
    • hair, haircloth - cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
    • herringbone - a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern
    • homespun - a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home
    • hopsack, hopsacking - a loosely woven coarse fabric of cotton or linen; used in clothing
    • horsehair - a fabric made from fibers taken from the mane or tail of horses; used for upholstery
    • jaconet - a lightweight cotton cloth with a smooth and slightly stiff finish; used for clothing and bandages
    • jacquard - a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom
    • khaddar, khadi - a coarse homespun cotton cloth made in India
    • khaki - a sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms
    • knit - a fabric made by knitting
    • lace - a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns
    • lame - a fabric interwoven with threads of metal
    • imitation leather, leatherette - fabric made to look like leather
    • linen - a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant
    • linsey-woolsey - a rough fabric of linen warp and wool or cotton woof
    • lint - cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds
    • lisle - a fabric woven with lisle thread
    • mackinaw - a heavy woolen cloth heavily napped and felted, often with a plaid design
    • macintosh, mackintosh - a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric
    • madras - a light patterned cotton cloth
    • marseille - strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedspreads
    • metallic - a fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of metal
    • mohair - fabric made with yarn made from the silky hair of the Angora goat
    • moire, watered-silk - silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern
    • moleskin - a durable cotton fabric with a velvety nap
    • monk's cloth - a heavy cloth in basket weave
    • moquette - a thick velvety synthetic fabric used for carpets and soft upholstery
    • moreen - a heavy fabric of wool (or wool and cotton) used mostly in upholstery or for curtains
    • motley - a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
    • mousseline de sole - a gauze-like fabric of silk or rayon
    • muslin - plain-woven cotton fabric
    • nankeen - a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color
    • mesh, meshing, meshwork, net, network - an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
    • ninon - a fine strong sheer silky fabric made of silk or rayon or nylon
    • nylon - a synthetic fabric
    • oilcloth - cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin
    • olive drab - a cloth of an olive-brown color used for military uniforms
    • organza - a fabric made of silk or a silklike fabric that resembles organdy
    • paisley - a soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled pattern of curved shapes
    • panting, trousering - any fabric used to make trousers
    • pepper-and-salt - a fabric woven with flecks of light and dark
    • percale - a fine closely woven cotton fabric
    • durable press, permanent press - a fabric that has been chemically processed to resist wrinkles and hold its shape
    • piece of cloth, piece of material - a separate part consisting of fabric
    • pilot cloth - a thick blue cloth used to make overcoats and coats for sailors etc
    • pinstripe - a fabric with very thin stripes
    • pique - tightly woven fabric with raised cords
    • plush - a fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet
    • polyester - any of a large class of synthetic fabrics
    • pongee - a soft thin cloth woven from raw silk (or an imitation)
    • poplin - a ribbed fabric used in clothing and upholstery
    • print - a fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by engraved rollers)
    • quilting - a material used for making a quilt, or a quilted fabric
    • rayon - a synthetic silklike fabric
    • rep, repp - a fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs
    • sackcloth - a coarse cloth resembling sacking
    • bagging, sacking - coarse fabric used for bags or sacks
    • sailcloth - a strong fabric (such as cotton canvas) used for making sails and tents
    • samite - a heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages
    • sateen - a cotton fabric with a satiny finish
    • satin - a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back
    • satinet, satinette - a fabric with a finish resembling satin but made partly or wholly from cotton or synthetic fiber
    • screening - fabric of metal or plastic mesh
    • scrim - a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater
    • seersucker - a light puckered fabric (usually striped)
    • serge - a twilled woolen fabric
    • shag - a fabric with long coarse nap
    • shantung - a heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation)
    • sharkskin - a smooth crisp fabric
    • sheeting - fabric from which bed sheets are made
    • shirting - any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts
    • shirttail - fabric forming the tail of a shirt
    • silesia - a sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings
    • silk - a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
    • spandex - an elastic synthetic fabric
    • sponge cloth - any soft porous fabric (especially in a loose honeycomb weave)
    • stammel - a coarse woolen cloth formerly used for undergarments and usually dyed bright red
    • suede, suede cloth - a fabric made to resemble suede leather
    • suiting - a fabric used for suits
    • swan's down - soft woolen fabric used especially for baby clothes
    • taffeta - a crisp smooth lustrous fabric
    • tammy - plain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and garments and curtains
    • tapa, tappa - a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark
    • tapestry, tapis - a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery
    • plaid, tartan - a cloth having a crisscross design
    • terry, terry cloth, terrycloth - a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes
    • ticking - a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers
    • toweling, towelling - any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels
    • tweed - thick woolen fabric used for clothing; originated in Scotland
    • twill - a cloth with parallel diagonal lines or ribs
    • upholstery material - the fabric used in upholstering
    • velcro - nylon fabric used as a fastening
    • velour, velours - heavy fabric that resembles velvet
    • velvet - a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
    • velveteen - a usually cotton fabric with a short pile imitating velvet
    • vicuna - a soft wool fabric made from the fleece of the vicuna
    • viyella - a fabric made from a twilled mixture of cotton and wool
    • voile - a light semitransparent fabric
    • wash-and-wear - a fabric treated to be easily washable and to require no ironing
    • waterproof - any fabric impervious to water
    • web - a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)
    • webbing - a strong fabric woven in strips
    • whipcord - a strong worsted or cotton fabric with a diagonal rib
    • wincey - a plain or twilled fabric of wool and cotton used especially for warm shirts or skirts and pajamas
    • wire cloth - fabric woven of metallic wire
    • wool, woolen, woollen - a fabric made from the hair of sheep
    • worsted - a woolen fabric with a hard textured surface and no nap; woven of worsted yarns
    • yoke - fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
    • pina cloth - a fine cloth made from pineapple fibers
    has:
    • edging - border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug)
    • hem - the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
    substance holonym:
    • warp - yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof
    • filling, pick, weft, woof - the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
    same as: cloth, material, textile
  2. The underlying structure (synset 104940540)
    "providing a factual framework for future research"; "it is part of the fabric of society"
    is a type of: structure - the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
    same as: framework

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