English Explanatory Dictionary

fibre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
  2. Material in the form of fibres.
  3. Dietary fibre.
  4. Moral strength and resolve.
  5. The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
  6. Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
  7. A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
  8. A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.

Pronunciation

/ˈfaɪ.bə(ɹ)/ EN-AU ck1 fibre.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-fibre.wav

Word forms

fibre fibres fiber

Etymology

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

Related words

fibril fibro- fibroid fibrosis fibrositis

Derived words

biofibre carbon fibre chlorofibre dark fibre dentinal fibre dietary fibre fibreboard fibre bundle fibre cement fibre clay fibrecraft fibred fibre-faced fibrefill fibreglass fibreise fibreless fibrelike fibre-optic fibre optic fibre optics fibre-optics fibre-reinforced plastic fibrescope fibrewood fibriform fibrin fibrise fibrize fibrisol fibrous fluorofibre glass fibre hollow-fibre hollowfibre interfibre macrofibre microfibre milk fibre moral fibre multifibre muscle fibre myofibre natural fibre nerve fibre optical fibre Purkinje fibre pycnofibre Seifert fibre space synthetic fibre Tampico fibre with every fibre of one's being
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