Definitions

warp and woof

NOUN

texture

Synonyms

WEAK

arrangement balance being character coarseness composition consistency constitution contexture disposition essence essentiality fabric feel feeling fiber fineness flexibility form framework grain intermixture make makeup nap nature organization pattern quality roughness scheme sense smoothness stiffness strategy structure surface taste tissue touch warp weave web woof

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Language is the warp and woof of our social fabric.

From The Guardian • Aug. 10, 2019

"Mosaic" ends with a movement called "The warp and woof."

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2018

Perhaps most powerfully, though, women’s absence as storytellers severely limits the narrative warp and woof of the movies themselves, and we need only travel to the local multiplex to see the evidence.

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2017

Ever since then it's been part of the warp and woof of British foreign policy and our attitude towards the world.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2016

The Lawrence family was pious in the manner of northern Midwestern Lutherans, religion serving as much as the warp and woof of the community fabric as a source of personal succor or theological speculation.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

warp and woof

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