fiber
A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
Example
“The microscope showed a single blue fiber stuck to the sole of the shoe.”
Other meanings
A material in the form of fibers.
“The cloth is made from strange, somewhat rough fiber.”
A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
“Please use polyester fiber for this shirt.”
Related words
- acrylic fiber
- biofiber
- carbon fiber
- C fiber
- cofiber
- dark fiber
- defiber
- dietary fiber
- elastic fiber
- fiber art
- fiberboard
- fiber bundle
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "fibra".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “fiber” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.