fiber

Meaning

1. A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
2. A material in the form of fibers.
3. A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
4. Dietary fiber.
5. Moral strength and resolve.
6. The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
7. The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).
8. A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
9. A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.

Synonyms

fibre

filament

thread

🧵

fibre

string

🪢

roughage

character

strand

staple

cord

rootlet

fibril

vein

tissue

vulcanized fiber

staple fibre

tendril

textile

bark

wire

wool

fine hair

staple fiber

strick

electric line

meat

🥩

root-fiber

stringy pulp of the jackfruit

root fibril

texture

cellulose

cotton

etc.

feed

flesh

🥩

hair

hay

inventor

make-believe

muscle

💪

nature

ply

power line

root

Hyphenated as

fi·ber

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfaɪ.bɚ/

Etymology

From French fibre, from Old French fibre, from Latin fibra.