Fibre Definition

fībər
fibres
noun
fibres

Fiber.

Webster's New World

​(countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.

The microscope showed several different fibres stuck to the sole of the shoe.
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​(uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.
The cloth was made from strange, somewhat rough fibre.
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Dietary fibre.
Fresh vegetables are a good source of fibre.
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Moral strength and resolve.

The ordeal was a test of everyone’s fibre.
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Other Word Forms of Fibre

Noun

Singular:
fibre
Plural:
fibres

Origin of Fibre

  • From French fibre

    From Wiktionary

Fibre Sentence Examples

  • The fibre is fine and silky, of about an inch in length.

  • The fibre has increased in length from about z4 to 22 in., and the plants have at the same time been increased in productiveness.

  • The important exports are gums and resin, fibre, hides, ivory, ostrich feathers, coffee, ghee, livestock, gold ingots from Abyssinia and mother-of-pearl; the shells being found along the coast from Zaila to beyond Berbera.

  • Formerly hemp and also fibre ropes were commonly used.

  • The cordage works are among the largest in the world, and consume immense quantities of sisal fibre imported from Mexico and manila from the Philippine Islands; binder-twine for binding wheat is one of the principal products.

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Words Starting With

FFIFIB

Words Ending With

EREBRE

Unscrambles

fibre

Words Starting With F and Ending With E

Starts With F & Ends With EStarts With FI & Ends With EStarts With F & Ends With RE

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With F5 Letter Words Ending With E