fiber

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The part of food that helps digestion and passes through the body.

   Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber.

2. 2
   noun

   A single thin thread of a natural or man-made material.

   The microscope showed a single blue fiber on the shoe.

3. 3
   noun

   Material made up of such threads.

   This shirt is made from a soft polyester fiber.

4. 4
   noun

   Inner strength of character and determination.

   The long ordeal was a test of everyone's fiber.

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

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