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.
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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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