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fiberlike

Variant of fiber

noun

    1. a slender, threadlike structure that combines with others to form animal or vegetable tissue
    2. the tissue so formed: muscle fiber
  1. a slender, threadlike structure made from a mineral or synthetically: rayon fibers
    1. any substance that can be separated into threads or threadlike structures for spinning, weaving, etc.: cotton fiber
    2. any such thread or structure: wool fibers
  2. a threadlike root
  3. the texture of something: a fabric of coarse fiber
  4. character or nature; quality: a man of strong moral fiber
  5. roughage

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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