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1. A slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
   - fiber [US]
    
2. Coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
   - roughage, fiber [US]
    
3. Any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fibre or a nerve fibre)
   - fiber [US]
    
4. The inherent complex of attributes that determines a person's moral and ethical actions and reactions
   - character, fiber [US]
    
5. A leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
   - fiber [US], vulcanized fiber [US], vulcanized fibre [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: fibres

Type of: cell, cloth, fabric, food product, foodstuff, material, stuff, textile, trait

Part of: personality

Encyclopedia: Fibre