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Definition of Fibre |
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fibre
One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle. Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant. Sinew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber. A general name for the raw material, such as cotton, flax, hemp, etc., used in textile manufactures. A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name. Related Definitions: And, Any, Are, As, Both, Constituted, Cotton, Delicate, Especially, Fiber, Fine, Flax, For, General, Glass, Hemp, In, Ixtle, Making, Man, Material, Muscle, Name, Of, One, Or, Part, Piassava, Plant, Raw, Real, Sinew, Slender, Spun, Strength, Substance, Substitute, Such, Textile, The, This, Thread, Tough, Toughness, Under, Used, Vegetable, Which |
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Fibre Translations
fibre in Dutch is vezel fibre in German is Faser fibre in Italian is fibra fibre in Portuguese is fibra fibre in Spanish is fibra fibre in Swedish is fiber, halt, virke |
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