Fiber

Quick meaning: Fiber is a noun meaning (countable) A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) A material in the form of fibers.
2. (textiles) A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
3. Dietary fiber.
4. (figuratively) Moral strength and resolve.
5. (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
6. (category theory) The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).
7. (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.

Example Sentences

Please use polyester fiber for this shirt.

The ordeal was a test of everyone's fiber.

Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber.

The cloth is made from strange, somewhat rough fiber.

Word Forms

• fibers
• fibre

Synonyms for fiber

Depending on context, synonyms include character, fibre.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include character, fibre, textile, lint, fibreglass, fibreboard.

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