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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rough•age /ˈrʌfɪdʒ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- fiber (def. 5).
- Animal Husbandryany coarse, rough food for livestock.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rough•age (ruf′ij),USA pronunciation n. - rough or coarse material.
- Animal Husbandryany coarse, rough food for livestock.
- Nutritionfiber (def. 9).
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: roughage /ˈrʌfɪdʒ/ n - the coarse indigestible constituents of food or fodder, which provide bulk to the diet and promote normal bowel function
- any rough or coarse material
fi•ber /ˈfaɪbɚ/USA pronunciation n. - Textiles[countable] a fine, threadlike piece, such as of cotton.
- matter or material made up of small thin threadlike pieces: [uncountable]mats made of cotton fiber.[countable]plastic fibers.
- an essential or basic character, quality, or strength:[uncountable]people of strong moral fiber.
- Biology a thin, threadlike, or long cell or structure in the body that is combined in a bundle of tissue:[countable]nerve fibers.
- Nutrition Also called bulk, roughage.parts of plants that are hard or impossible to digest, eaten to aid the movement of food through the intestines:[uncountable]a diet rich in fiber.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] ˈfi•bre. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fi•ber (fī′bər),USA pronunciation n. - Textilesa fine, threadlike piece, as of cotton, jute, or asbestos.
- a slender filament:a fiber of platinum.
- filaments collectively.
- matter or material composed of filaments:a plastic fiber.
- something resembling a filament.
- an essential character, quality, or strength:people of strong moral fiber.
- [Bot.]
- Textilesfilamentous matter from the bast tissue or other parts of plants, used for industrial purposes.
- Botanya slender, threadlike root of a plant.
- Botanya slender, tapered cell which, with like cells, serves to strengthen tissue.
- Anatomy, Zoologya slender, threadlike element or cell, as of nerve, muscle, or connective tissue.
- NutritionAlso called bulk, dietary fiber, roughage.
- the structural part of plants and plant products that consists of carbohydrates, as cellulose and pectin, that are wholly or partially indigestible and when eaten stimulate peristalsis in the intestine.
- food containing a high amount of such carbohydrates, as whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.
- ChemistrySee vulcanized fiber.
- OpticsSee optical fiber.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] fibre. - Latin fibra filament
- Middle French)
- 1350–1400; 1970–75 for def. 9; Middle English fibre (
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