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US
/ˈfaɪbɝ/
]
[ UK /fˈaɪbɐ/ ]
[ UK /fˈaɪbɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
- any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
- a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
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the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
education has for its object the formation of character
How To Use fibre In A Sentence
- The dyes are in the form of a suspension of particles which, for reasons not fully understood, are adsorbed onto the surface of ligno-cellulosic fibres such as sisal, abaca and fique. Chapter 8
- Having met a good deal of the sea, they knew, like a man who has felt a good deal of the world, that heavy endurance and patient bluffness are safer to get through the waves somehow than sensitive fibre and elegant frame. Springhaven
- The best philosophy is to change your food habits to a low-sugar, high-fibre diet.
- The skin is fibreglass over a thin layer of plywood, which is itself supported by a skeleton of thicker ply, stiffened by a steel structure.
- This microfibre fabric is made of nylon and polyurethane and has the suppleness, softness and appearance of suede.
- Advanced economies the world over are building gigabit-speed fibreoptic networks. Times, Sunday Times
- Young axes have higher values of structural Young's modulus than do older stages and this is reflected by the presence of fibre tissues, primary phloem fibres and collenchyma placed near the periphery of young axes.
- It all makes me feel rather sorry for men: as if being present at the birth has become some sort of test of moral fibre.
- retting" which separates the fibre from the decaying part of the plant. Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer
- The tailorbird splices the short fibres together to make longer pieces.