fibre

fi|bre

BrE fiber AmE [ˈfaıbə US -ər] n

1.) [U]

the parts of plants that you eat but cannot ↑digest. Fibre helps to keep you healthy by moving food quickly through your body

▪ Fruit and vegetables are high in fibre content .

▪ food that is high in dietary fibre

2.) [U and C]

a mass of threads used to make rope, cloth etc

natural/synthetic/man-made etc fibre

▪ Nylon is a man-made fibre.

3.)

a thin thread, or one of the thin parts like threads that form natural materials such as wood or ↑carbon

4.) nerve/muscle fibres

the thin pieces of flesh that form the nerves or muscles in your body

5.) with every fibre of your being

literary if you feel something with every fibre of your being, you feel it very strongly

▪ He wanted her with every fibre of his being.

→moral fibre at ↑moral¹ (2), ↑optical fibre