About The Word Fiber
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Fiber
Fiber Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Fiber?
[n] a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
[n] the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer [n] a slender and greatly elongated solid substance Synonyms | Synonyms for Fiber: character | fibre | fibre | fibre | vulcanized fiber Related Terms | Find terms related to Fiber: acetate rayon | all that lives | alpaca | angora | animal fiber | Aralac | artificial fiber | Avisco | bast | biosphere | biota | body-build | brand | brawn | capillament | cashmere | cast | Celanese | character | characteristic | characteristics | Chemstrand | cilium | cirrus | cobweb | coir | complexion | composition | constituents | constitution | cotton | crasis | Dacron | denier | dharma | diathesis | disposition | Dynel | ecosphere | ethos | fabric | fibrilla | filament | filamentule | flagellum | flax | flesh | flora and fauna | floss | frame | genius | gossamer | grain | habit | hair | hank | hemp | horsehair | hue | humor | humors | ilk | jute | kapok | kind | Lastex | linen | living matter | living nature | llama hair | makeup | Manila | merino | mohair | mold | nature | near-silk | noosphere | nylon | oakum | organic matter | organic nature | organized matter | Orlon | physique | plasm | property | quality | raffia | rayon | silk | sisal | skein | somatotype | sort | spandex | spirit | spun rayon | stamp | strand | streak | stripe | suchness | suture | system | temper | temperament | tendency | tendril | tenor | Terylene | thread | threadlet | tissue | tone | tussah | type | vein | Velon | Vicara | way | web | wool | worsted | yarn | zephyr See Also | bassine | beard | bristle | byssus | cantala | Cebu maguey | cellulose | cloth | coir | fabric | fibril | filament | glass fiber | glass fibre | integrity | lint | loofa | loofah | loufah sponge | luffa | manila maguey | man-made fiber | material | material | natural fiber | natural fibre | nerve fiber | nerve fibre | oakum | optical fiber | optical fibre | personality | raffia | raveling | ravelling | responsibility | responsibleness | spindle | spirit | strand | stuff | synthetic fiber | textile | thoughtfulness | trait Fiber In Webster's Dictionary \Fi"ber\, Fibre \Fi"bre\,, n. [F. fibre, L. fibra.]
1. 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.
2. Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a
fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender
rootlets of a plant.
3. Sinew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber.
Yet had no fibers in him, nor no force. --Chapman.
4. A general name for the raw material, such as cotton, flax,
hemp, etc., used in textile manufactures.
{Fiber gun}, a kind of steam gun for converting, wood, straw,
etc., into fiber. The material is shut up in the gun with
steam, air, or gas at a very high pressure which is
afterward relieved suddenly by letting a lid at the muzzle
fly open, when the rapid expansion separates the fibers.
{Fiber plants} (Bot.), plants capable of yielding fiber
useful in the arts, as hemp, flax, ramie, agave, etc.
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