Meaning

9 senses
  1. (US, countable)A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.

    The microscope showed a single blue fiber stuck to the sole of the shoe.

  2. (US, uncountable)A material in the form of fibers.

    The cloth is made from strange, somewhat rough fiber.

  3. (US, countable, uncountable)A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.

    Please use polyester fiber for this shirt.

  4. (US, countable, uncountable)Dietary fiber.

    Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber.

  5. (US, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Moral strength and resolve.

    The ordeal was a test of everyone's fiber.

  6. (US, countable, uncountable)The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.

    Under this map, any two values in the fiber of a given point on the circle differ by 2π.

  7. (US, countable, uncountable)The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).

  8. (US, countable, uncountable)A kind of lightweight thread of execution.

  9. (US, countable, uncountable)A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.

More definitions
  • a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
  • any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
  • a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
  • the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions

Examples

48 sentences
  1. You need to eat more fiber.

    ruТебе нужно есть больше клетчатки.

    deDu musst mehr Ballaststoffe essen.

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  2. This is an excellent source of fiber.

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  3. Choose food that is high in fiber.

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  4. Is eating too much fiber bad for you?

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  5. The doctor told me to eat more fiber.

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Origin

From French fibre, from Old French fibre, from Latin fibra.

From French fibre, from Old French fibre, from Latin fibra.

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Forms

plural: fibers
Singularfiber
Pluralfibers

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth:fibrevulcanized fiber
  • any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber):fibre
  • a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn:fibre
  • the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions:characterfibre
  • coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis:roughagefibre

Word family

49 related words

See also

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