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fiber
('f/aI/b/@/r )

noun (n)

  • a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn(noun.substance)
    Synonym:
    fibre
    source: wordnet30
  • coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis(noun.food)
    Synonym:
    roughage
    source: wordnet30
  • any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)(noun.body)
    source: wordnet30
  • the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions(noun.attribute)
    Synonym:
    character, fibre
    source: wordnet30
  • a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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