fiber — meaning in English

English meaning

• fibre noun A thin, thread-like strand of material, often twisted together with others to make thread or cloth.
• filament noun A very thin thread or wire-like strand.

Senses

fiber is used for these senses in English:

• dietary fibre Substances, generally of plant origin, consisting mostly of complex carbohydrates which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract.
• fibre (countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
• filament A fine thread or wire.

fibre — full definition

1. noun A thin, thread-like strand of material, often twisted together with others to make thread or cloth.
2. noun The indigestible part of plant food that helps digestion.
3. noun Inner strength or moral resolve.

filament — full definition

1. noun A very thin thread or wire-like strand.
2. noun The thin coil inside an incandescent light bulb that glows white-hot when electricity passes through it.
3. noun In botany, the thin stalk of a stamen that holds up the anther in a flower.
4. noun A continuous spool of material, such as the plastic thread fed into a 3D printer.

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