fiber

B2 Topic:Food & Drink

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

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Phrases (1)

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fiber optics
technology that carries information as light through thin glass fibers

Noun + noun

Etymology

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

fibre French fibra Latin

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Topics

Food & Drink

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# 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
- Food & Drink

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