1. Noun
One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle.
2. Noun
Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant.
3. Noun
Sinew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber.
4. Noun
A general name for the raw material, such as cotton, flax, hemp, etc., used in textile manufactures.
5. Unclassified
A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name.
6. Noun
a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary
7. Noun
any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
Vocabulary classified under Biology
8. Noun
coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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