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| fibre or fiber (ˈfaɪbə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a natural or synthetic filament that may be spun into yarn, such as cotton or nylon |
| 2. | cloth or other material made from such yarn |
| 3. | a long fine continuous thread or filament |
| 4. | the structure of any material or substance made of or as if of fibres; texture |
| 5. | essential substance or nature: all the fibres of his being were stirred |
| 6. | strength of character (esp in the phrase moral fibre) |
| 7. | See dietary fibre |
| 8. | botany |
| a. a narrow elongated thick-walled cell: a constituent of sclerenchyma tissue | |
| b. such tissue extracted from flax, hemp, etc, used to make linen, rope, etc | |
| c. a very small root or twig | |
| 9. | anatomy any thread-shaped structure, such as a nerve fibre |
| [C14: from Latin fibra filament, entrails] | |
| fiber or fiber | |
| —n | |
| [C14: from Latin fibra filament, entrails] | |
| 'fibred or fiber | |
| —adj | |
| 'fibered or fiber | |
| —adj | |
| 'fibreless or fiber | |
| —adj | |
| 'fiberless or fiber | |
| —adj | |
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