fiber
noun
- a slender, threadlike structure that combines with others to form animal or vegetable tissue
- the tissue so formed: muscle fiber
- a slender, threadlike structure made from a mineral or synthetically: rayon fibers
- any substance that can be separated into threads or threadlike structures for spinning, weaving, etc.: cotton fiber
- any such thread or structure: wool fibers
- a threadlike root
- the texture of something: a fabric of coarse fiber
- character or nature; quality: a man of strong moral fiber
- roughage
See fiber in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(fīˈbər)
noun- A slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure.
- Botany One of the elongated, thick-walled cells that give strength and support to plant tissue.
- Anatomy
a. Any of the filaments constituting the extracellular matrix of connective tissue.
b. Any of various elongated cells or threadlike structures, especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber.
a. A natural or synthetic filament, as of cotton or nylon, capable of being spun into yarn.
b. Material made of such filaments.
a. Something that provides substance or texture.
b. Essential character: “stirred the deeper fibers of my nature” (Oscar Wilde).
c. Basic strength or toughness; fortitude: lacking in moral fiber.
- Coarse, indigestible plant matter, consisting primarily of polysaccharides such as cellulose, that when eaten stimulates intestinal peristalsis. Also called bulk, roughage.
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