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1: a thread or a structure or object resembling a thread: as a
(1): a slender root (as of a grass)
(2): an elongated tapering thick-walled plant cell void at maturity that imparts elasticity, flexibility, and tensile strength b
(1): a strand of nerve tissue : axon, dendrite
(2): one of the filaments composing most of the intercellular matrix of connective tissue
(3): one of the elongated contractile cells of muscle tissue c: a slender and greatly elongated natural or synthetic filament (as of wool, cotton, asbestos, gold, glass, or rayon) typically capable of being spun into yarn d: mostly indigestible material in food that stimulates the intestine to peristalsis —called also bulk roughage 2: material made of fibers
; especially : vulcanized fiber3 a: an element that gives texture or substance b: basic toughness : strength, fortitude c: essential structure or character <the very fiber of a person's being>
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