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    Fiber

    Definitions

    1 | noun | a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn 2 | noun | coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis 3 | noun | any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber) 4 | noun | the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions 5 | noun | a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth (5 meanings)

    Pronunciation

    f'ahyber (IPA: fˈaɪbɝ)

    Hyphenation

    fi-ber (5 letters | 2 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1540 (European Renaissance) (485 years ago)

    Word origins

    French | Old French | Latin

    Word frequency history

    British spelling

    fibre

    Inflected form

    fibers

    Synonyms

    roughage | character | nature | vulcanized fiber

    Narrower terms

    bassine | beard | bristle | byssus | cantala | Cebu maguey | coir | fibril | filament | glass fiber | glass fibre | lint | loofa | loofah | loufah sponge | ... (total: 37)

    Broader terms

    material | stuff | food product | foodstuff | cell | trait | cloth | fabric | textile (total: 9)

    Rhymes

    fibre | scriber | subscriber | transcriber (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Homophone

    fibre

    Lexically close words

    fibber | Tiber

    Anagram

    brief

    Phrases

    acrylic fiber | afferent fiber | animal fiber | bast fiber | Castor fiber | cotton fiber | efferent fiber | fiber bundle | fiber-optic | fiber optic cable | ... (total: 23)

    Translations

    Mandarin Chinese: | 纖維 (noun) Hindi: | तंतु (noun) Arabic: | خَيْط (noun) Spanish: | fibra (material) French: | fibre (material)

    Other notable uses

    Fiber (US population: 120 people, white: 92%)

    fiber.com | fiber.net | fiber.info | fiber.biz

    Crossword puzzle clues

    Cereal stuff | Roughage (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    10 (International English) | 10 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) ??3-4237

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