n.
- a thread or filament from which a plant or animal tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed.
- a substance formed of fibres.
- dietary material containing substances such as cellulose, that are resistant to the action of digestive enzymes.
- strength of character:
a weak person with no moral fibre.
Derivative
- -fibred adj.
- fibreless adj.
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘lobe of the liver’, (pl.) ‘entrails’): via Fr. from L. fibra ‘fibre, entrails’.