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Meaning of 'fibre' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . fibre
- A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name.
2 . Fibre [ n.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'fibre' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fibre [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Example in sentence:
  • education has for its object the formation of character

Nearby Words:

fib fibbed fibber fibbing fiber fiber-faced fibered fiberless fibre-faced fibred

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