Fabric vs Dungaree - What's the difference?
fabric | dungaree |
(archaic) structure, building
* Milton
(archaic) The act of constructing; construction; fabrication.
* Milman
(archaic) The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make.
The framework underlying a structure
A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
(petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock
(computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile 'fabric' when viewed collectively from a distance
(uncountable) Heavy denim fabric, often blue; blue jean material.
* 1893 ,
(plural only) Pants or overalls made from such fabric.
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As nouns the difference between fabric and dungaree
is that fabric is (originally|construction) structure, building while dungaree is (uncountable) heavy denim fabric, often blue; blue jean material.fabric
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Alternative forms
* fabrick (obsolete)Noun
(wikipedia fabric)- Anon out of the earth a fabric huge / Rose like an exhalation.
- Tithe was received by the bishop for the fabric of the churches for the poor.
- cloth of a beautiful fabric
- the fabric of our lives
- the fabric of the universe
- cotton fabric
- The internet is a fabric of computers connected by routers
Synonyms
* See alsoSee also
*dungaree
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Noun
- He wore an open jacket, with a splotch of tar on the sleeve, a red-and-black check shirt, dungaree trousers, and heavy boots badly worn.
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