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fiber   (TTS Sound)

The noun fiber has 5 senses

• fiber, fibre -- (a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn)


• roughage, fiber -- (coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis)


• fiber, fibre -- (any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber))


• character, 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)


• fiber, fibre, vulcanized fiber -- (a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth)