fiber B2 Topic:Space, Position & Direction Also spelled fibre and fibres US /ˈfaɪ.bɚ/ UK /ˈfaɪ.bə/ See IPA manual Freq #11537 Meanings 1 noun The part of food that helps digestion and passes through the body. Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber. 2 noun A single thin thread of a natural or man-made material. The microscope showed a single blue fiber on the shoe. 3 noun Material made up of such threads. This shirt is made from a soft polyester fiber. 4 noun Inner strength of character and determination. The long ordeal was a test of everyone's fiber. Thesaurus Synonyms 3 noun · material made up of such... fibre Word family Forms fibersfibrous Derived forms biofibercofiberdefiberfiber-clayfiber-opticfiber-opticsfiberboardfiberedfiberfillfiberglassfiberisefiberize Related forms fibrilfibrilarfibro-fibroblastfibrocytefibroidfibromafibrosisfibrositisfibrovascular Common collocations fiber optics Noun + noun Etymology AI details From French fibre, from Old French fibre, from Latin fibra. fibre French fibra Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Space, Position & Direction External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # fiber **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈfaɪ.bɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈfaɪ.bə/ **Frequency rank:** 11537 ## Meanings 1. The part of food that helps digestion and passes through the body. 2. A single thin thread of a natural or man-made material. 3. Material made up of such threads. 4. Inner strength of character and determination. ## Examples - Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber. - The microscope showed a single blue fiber on the shoe. - This shirt is made from a soft polyester fiber. - The long ordeal was a test of everyone's fiber. ## Derived Forms - biofiber - cofiber - defiber - fiber-clay - fiber-optic - fiber-optics - fiberboard - fibered - fiberfill - fiberglass - fiberise - fiberize ## Related Forms - fibril - fibrilar - fibro- - fibroblast - fibrocyte - fibroid - fibroma - fibrosis - fibrositis - fibrovascular ## Roots and Affixes - Root: fibre - Root: fibra ## Etymology From French fibre, from Old French fibre, from Latin fibra. ## AI Etymology Fiber comes from French fibre, from Old French fibre, from Latin fibra. In current use, the main senses are “The part of food that helps digestion and passes through the body” and “A single thin thread of a natural or man-made material”. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction markdown