[
UK
/fˈɪbɹəs/
]
[ US /ˈfaɪbɹəs/ ]
[ US /ˈfaɪbɹəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
- having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute
How To Use fibrous In A Sentence
- To make matters worse, thick, fibrous adhesions are often formed anchoring the congested, fatty tissue to the muscular layer below.
- The sojourn of an inorganic foreign body in the bronchus for a year or more is followed by the development of bronchiectasis, pulmonary abscess, and fibrous changes. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
- Some of the larger dilated channels exhibit abortive fibrous tufts, which are slender and poorly cellular.
- Amosite, fibrous anthophyllite, fibrous tremolite, fibrous actinolite, and crocidolite are amphiboles, double-chain silicates, which observed microscopically look like sharp needles.
- The fracture surface is a fibrous slant fracture.
- Manufacturers are examining ways of using cementitious or fibrous core insulating materials in place of the plastic insulations.
- The lower part of the stalks can be used in a soup, pasta or risotto, after peeling away remaining fibrous threads. Times, Sunday Times
- When cooked, the mescal is a fibrous, sticky, syrupy substance with a flavor similar to molasses.
- Mature fruits were collected manually from the ground and the fibrous pericarps were removed using a mechanical dehusker immediately following harvest.
- The stroma of the papillary fronds consisted of loose fibrous tissue with abundant, thin-walled, congested blood vessels.