fiber
(noun)
noun
1. a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
Similar word(s): fibre
Definition categories: substance, material, stuff
2. coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
Similar word(s): roughage
Definition categories: food, foodstuff
3. any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
Similar word(s): fibre
Definition categories: body, cell
4. the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Similar word(s): character, fibre
Definition categories: attribute, trait
5. a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
Similar word(s): fibre
Definition categories: man–made, cloth, fabric, material, textile
Sentences with fiber as a noun:
- The microscope showed a single blue fiber stuck to the sole of the shoe.
- The cloth is made from strange, somewhat rough fiber.
- Please use polyester fiber for this shirt.
- Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber
- The ordeal was a test of everyone's fiber.
- Under this map, any two values in the fiber of a given point on the circle differ by 2π