(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Fabric is cloth or other material produced by weaving together cotton, nylon, wool, silk, or other threads. Fabrics are used for making things such as clothes, curtains, and sheets.
...small squares of red cotton ~...
Whatever your colour scheme, there’s a ~ to match.
N-MASS
2.
The ~ of a society or system is its basic structure, with all the customs and beliefs that make it work successfully.
The ~ of society has been deeply damaged by the previous regime...
N-SING: with supp, usu the N of n
3.
The ~ of a building is its walls, roof, and the materials with which it is built.
Condensation will eventually cause the ~ of the building to rot away.
N-SING: usu the N of n