fibrenoun
UK US fiber uk/ˈfaɪ.bər/us/ˈfaɪ.bɚ/fibre noun (THREAD)
[ C ] any of the thread-like parts that form plant or artificial material and can be made into cloth:
[ C or U ] threads when they are in a mass that can be used for making products such as cloth and rope:
[ C or U ] one of various thread-like structures in the body, such as those found in muscle:
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- Glass fibre is often used as roof insulation.
- They refuse to buy clothes made of artificial or synthetic fibres.
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Textiles: general words
- baize
- bias
- bolt
- brocade
- cloth
- cutpiece
- denier 1
- drapery
- filament
- gauze
- nap
- padding
- pile
- strand
- swatch
- textile
- the weft
- upholstery
- wadding
- yarn
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fibre noun (FOOD)
C1 [ U ] a substance in certain foods, such as fruit, vegetables, and brown bread, that travels through the body as waste and helps the contents of the bowels to pass through the body easily:
More examples
- If you ate more fibre you wouldn't get constipated.
- You should eat more food that contains a lot of fibre, e.g. fruit, vegetables, and bread.
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Food - general words
- aliment
- bed
- carb
- carbohydrate
- chanterelle
- chow
- diabetic
- foodstuff
- fruits of the earth idiom
- greengrocer
- grocer
- grocery
- pap
- ration
- refreshment
- roughage
- serving
- shelf life
- speciality
- tuck
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fibre noun (CHARACTER)
[ U ] strength of character:
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Strength of will and determination
- alpha male
- bitter
- bloody-minded
- character
- determination
- dogged
- earnest
- fight
- mettle
- militant
- obstinate
- perseverance
- pigheaded
- resolution
- resolve
- single-minded
- stamina
- staying power
- stick-to-it-iveness
- wilful
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