an elongated tapering plant cell with thick walls
= nerve fibre
any of the filaments composing most of the intercellular matrix of connective tissue
any of the elongated contractile cells of muscle tissue
a slender natural or manufactured thread or filament, e.g. of wool, cotton, or asbestos
material made of fibres
= dietary fibre
essential structure or character
the very fibre of his being
strength or fortitude
moral fibre
[French fibre from Latin fibra]