fiber

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noun

1. a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn (Freq. 14)
• Syn:
fibre
• Derivationally related forms:
fibrous
• Hypernyms:
material, stuff
• Hyponyms:
byssus, beard, bristle, optical fiber, glass fiber,
optical fibre, glass fibre, nerve fiber, nerve fibre, spindle, loofa,
loofah, luffa, loufah sponge, cantala, Cebu maguey, manila maguey,
bassine, coir, raffia, string, fibril, filament,
strand, lint, man-made fiber, synthetic fiber, natural fiber, natural fibre,
oakum, raveling, ravelling
• Substance Meronyms:
cellulose
2. coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients;
its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
• Syn:
roughage
• Hypernyms:
foodstuff, food product
• Hyponyms:
bran
3. any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
• Syn:
fibre
• Hypernyms:
cell
• Hyponyms:
muscle cell, muscle fiber, muscle fibre, nerve fiber, nerve fibre
4. 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
• Hypernyms:
trait
• Hyponyms:
spirit
• Part Holonyms:
personality
• Part Meronyms:
thoughtfulness, responsibility, responsibleness, integrity
5. a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
• Syn:
fibre, vulcanized fiber
• Hypernyms:
fabric, cloth, material, textile

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fibre, vulcanized fiber, character, roughage