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fiber

noun

1 fiber

A slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn.

synonym: fibre.

Roget 45: vinculum, link; connective, connection; junction etc. 43; bond of union, copula, hyphen, intermedium; bracket; bridge, stepping-stone, ... show more

Roget 205: filament, line; fiber, fibril; funicle, vein; hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili; tendril, gossamer; ... show more

Dutch: vezels, fibril, filament, vezel
Polish: włókienko, włókno

2 fiber

Coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis.

synonym: roughage.

Dutch: ruwvoer, langvoer
Polish: błonnik

3 fiber

Any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber).

synonym: fibre.

Dutch: draad, vezel
Polish: włókienko, fibryl, włókno

4 fiber

The inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions.

synonyms: character, fibre.

Dutch: personage, persoonlijkheid, aard, karakter
Polish: serce, temperament, usposobienie, charakter, duch, natura

5 fiber

A leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth.

synonyms: fibre, vulcanized fiber.

Dutch: fiber
Polish: fibra


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