(BrE) (AmE fiber) noun
1 [U] the part of food that helps to keep a person healthy by keeping the bowels working and moving other food quickly through the body
SYNROUGHAGE:
dietary fibre * Dried fruits are especially high in fibre. * a high / low fibre diet * He has been advised to increase his fibre intake. * bran fibre
2 [C,U] a material such as fabric or rope that is made from a mass of natural or artificial threads:
nylon and other man-made fibres
3 [C] one of the many thin threads that form body tissue, such as muscle, and natural materials, such as wood and cotton:
cotton / wood / nerve / muscle fibres * (literary) She loved him with every fibre of her being.
seealsoMORALFIBRE, OPTICALFIBRE
