fabric

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. cloth, textile, material, tissue; structure, framework. See production, materials, crossing, texture.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Material]

Syn. cloth, textile, stuff; see cloth .

2. [Basic structure]

Syn. framework, substance, foundation, makeup; see frame 1 , material 2 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. cloth material, textile, fiber, weave, dry goods, stuff.

WORD FIND

• canvas: duckcloth, sailcloth

• crinkled: crepe, seersucker decorated with many small, colorful print

• designs: calico

• drape, upholstery fabric of glazed cotton: chintz

• dress fabric used in evening wear: faille

• edging preventing raveling: selvage

• filling: weft

• fuzzy surface: nap

• gingham, light: chambray

• glossy: satin, etoile

• goathair, angora: mohair

• heavy, floral-patterned with metallic threads: brocade

• heavy, used in tablecloths: damask

• holes, full of: fishnet

• hunting jacket fabric: mackinaw

• jeans: denim, dungaree

• leather, soft and napped: suede

• leather, soft, goat: chamois

• lustrous, tightly woven: broadcloth

• man-made fiber known as artifical silk: rayon

• metallic yarn fabric used in evening dresses: lamé

• pile, thick and soft: velveteen

• plush, velvet, corduroy: pile

• puckered: plisse

• quantity of, fifteen to twenty yards: bolt

• rib, as of corduroy: wale

• rabbit, goat: angora

• raised design or bumpy surface on: blister

• sample of: swatch

• Scottish, handwoven: Harris tweed

• silk, woven: tricot

• sheer: gauze, organza, batiste, voile, chiffon, gossamer

• sheets, bed: muslin, percale

• shiny, imitation silk: poplin

• shiny, rustling: taffeta

• stretchy, synthetic: spandex

• suit: tweed, serge

• towel, robes: terry cloth

• uniform, olive green: khaki

• uniforms, twilled fabric for: cavalry twill, chino

• wool, combed and smoothed: worsted

• wool: fleece

• wool, goat: cashmere

• wool, nubby type used in suits: tweed

• wool, soft and brushed: flannel

• wool, unprocessed: virgin wool

• wrinkle-resistant, man-made: polyester

2. makeup substance, structure, framework, constitution, texture.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A distinctive, complex underlying pattern or structure: contexture, fiber, texture, warp and woof, web. See BE.