fibre
fahy ber
- n a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
- n any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
- n the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- n a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
- Formerly, fibre silk was used mainly for hosiery, which absorbed half this country's annual output.
- The old axiom used to be that there were only three important textile fibreswool, cotton and silk.
- Nature put soft tufts of fibre on cotton seeds so that the wind would carry them away from the plant to take root.