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noun
A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
A material in the form of fibers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable
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noun
A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
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noun
Dietary fiber.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
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noun
Moral strength and resolve.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, figuratively, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: fibre, vulcanized fiber
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
noun
the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions- Herbert Spencer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: character, fibre
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trait
Narrower terms: spirit
noun
any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: fibre
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cell
Narrower terms: muscle cell, muscle fiber, muscle fibre, nerve fiber, nerve fibre
noun
coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: roughage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: foodstuff, food product
Narrower terms: bran
noun
a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: fibre
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: material, stuff
Narrower terms: byssus, beard, bristle, optical fiber, glass fiber, optical fibre, glass fibre, nerve fiber, nerve fibre, spindle, loofa, loofah, luffa, loufah sponge, cantala, Cebu maguey, manila maguey, bassine, coir, raffia, string, fibril, filament, strand, lint, man-made fiber, synthetic fiber, natural fiber, natural fibre, oakum, raveling, ravelling
History
From French fibre, from Old French fibre, from Latin fibra.
