Fibre

Quick meaning: Fibre is a noun meaning (uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.

Meaning

(uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.

More Meanings

1. Dietary fibre.
2. Moral strength and resolve.
3. (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
4. (category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
5. (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
6. (cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
7. (countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.

Example Sentences

The ordeal was a test of everyone’s fibre.

Fresh vegetables are a good source of fibre.

The cloth was made from strange, somewhat rough fibre.

The microscope showed several different fibres stuck to the sole of the shoe.

Word Forms

• fibres
• fiber

Synonyms for fibre

Depending on context, synonyms include character, fiber.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include character, fiber, absorbed, bran, cardboard, cellulose.

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