fiber : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fiber	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fiber
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fiber n a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn Synonym(s): fiber, fibre coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis Synonym(s): roughage, fiber any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber) Synonym(s): fiber, fibre 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 Synonym(s): character, fiber, fibre a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth Synonym(s): fiber, fibre, vulcanized fiber
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fiber \Fi"ber\, Fibre \Fi"bre\,, n. [F. fibre, L. fibra.] 1. One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle. 2. Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant. 3. Sinew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber. Yet had no fibers in him, nor no force. --Chapman. 4. A general name for the raw material, such as cotton, flax, hemp, etc., used in textile manufactures. {Fiber gun}, a kind of steam gun for converting, wood, straw, etc., into fiber. The material is shut up in the gun with steam, air, or gas at a very high pressure which is afterward relieved suddenly by letting a lid at the muzzle fly open, when the rapid expansion separates the fibers. {Fiber plants} (Bot.), plants capable of yielding fiber useful in the arts, as hemp, flax, ramie, agave, etc.