fibers

Meanings

Noun

• a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
• coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
• any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
• the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; - Herbert Spencer
• a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
• plural of fiber

Synonyms

character, fiber, fibre, roughage, vulcanized fiber