a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn

[ Syn: fibre ]

coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis

[ Syn: roughage ]

any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)

[ Syn: fibre ]

the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; education has for its object the formation of character- Herbert Spencer

[ Syn: character , fibre ]

a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth

[ Syn: fibre , vulcanized fiber ]