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urban fabric

urban fabric noun: the physical aspect of urbanism, emphasizing building types, thoroughfares, open space, frontages, and streetscapes but excluding environmental, functional, economic and sociocultural aspects.

Noun

urban fabric (countable and uncountable, plural urban fabrics)

  1. (idiomatic, literary) The physical aspect of urbanism, emphasizing building types, thoroughfares, open space, frontages, and streetscapes but excluding environmental, functional, economic and sociocultural aspects.

Forms of urban fabric

pluralurban fabrics

Questions about urban fabric

What does urban fabric mean?
Urban fabric means the physical aspect of urbanism, emphasizing building types, thoroughfares, open space, frontages, and streetscapes but excluding environmental, functional, economic and sociocultural aspects.
What part of speech is urban fabric?
Urban fabric is a noun.
What is the plural of urban fabric?
The plural of urban fabric is urban fabrics.

Words near urban fabric in the dictionary

  1. urban dweller
  2. urban dwellers
  3. urban exploration
  4. urban explorer
  5. urban explorers
  6. urban fabric
  7. urban fabrics
  8. urban fantasies
  9. urban fantasy
  10. urban fee
  11. urban fees

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