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fibre
[ fahy-ber ]
fibre
/ ˈfaɪbə /
noun
- a natural or synthetic filament that may be spun into yarn, such as cotton or nylon
- cloth or other material made from such yarn
- a long fine continuous thread or filament
- the structure of any material or substance made of or as if of fibres; texture
- essential substance or nature
all the fibres of his being were stirred
- strength of character (esp in the phrase moral fibre )
- See dietary fibre
- botany
- a narrow elongated thick-walled cell: a constituent of sclerenchyma tissue
- such tissue extracted from flax, hemp, etc, used to make linen, rope, etc
- a very small root or twig
- anatomy any thread-shaped structure, such as a nerve fibre
Derived Forms
- ˈfibreless, adjective
- ˈfibred, adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of fibre1
Example Sentences
The process would be able to produce wood and fibre in a lab environment, and researchers have already demonstrated how it works in concept by growing simple structures using cells harvested from zinnia leaves.
You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood.
The length of the fibre, moreover, cannot be determined with any absolute certainty from the thickness of the vein.
The fibre can be separated with great facility, though firmly attached at one end to the parent rock.
Pete, after spewing the last hateful molecule away, reversed his tiny fibre engines, and began to draw in.
Gwynne awoke one morning with an irresistible desire for The Town in every fibre of his being.
When the respiratory elements and fibre have not been separated, the sum of the two is given.
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