fibre
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fibre /ˈfʌɪbə(r)/ (US fiber)
▶noun
- 1 a thread or filament from which a plant or animal tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed.
- 2 a substance formed of fibres.
- 3 dietary material containing substances such as cellulose, that are resistant to the action of digestive enzymes.
- 4 strength of character: a weak person with no moral fibre.
– derivatives
-fibred adjective,
fibreless adjective.
-fibred adjective,
fibreless adjective.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘lobe of the liver’, (pl.) ‘entrails’): via Fr. from L. fibra ‘fibre, entrails’.
'fibre' also found in these Oxford entries:
acetate
- acrylic
- afferent
- antidromic
- arborization
- bast
- bouton
- bronchoscope
- byssinosis
- byssus
- cannabis
- carbon fibre
- centromere
- chip
- chrysotile
- cloth
- coconut
- coir
- colonoscopy
- coquito
- cotton
- crimplene
- dillybag
- Dralon
- efferent
- espadrille
- FDDI
- fiber
- fibre optics
- fibrescope
- fibril
- fibrillate
- fibro
- fibro-
- fibroma
- filament
- flax
- fuzz
- ganglion
- glass fibre
- gunny
- gut
- hemp
- henequen
- inosine
- jute
- kemp
- kenaf
- Kevlar
