noun
fibre
FEYE-buh
noun
1
A thin, thread-like strand of material, often twisted together with others to make thread or cloth.
"The jacket is woven from a synthetic fibre."
2
The indigestible part of plant food that helps digestion.
"Doctors recommend more fibre in your diet."
3
Inner strength or moral resolve.
"She showed real fibre standing up to her boss."
How to Use Fibre
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA thread-like strand of material, dietary roughage, or figurative moral strength — the British spelling of "fiber."
UK vs US
British English spells it "fibre"; American English spells it "fiber."
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Word Forms
fibres plural
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Etymology
From French fibre, ultimately from Latin fibra.