transcription, транскрипция: [ faɪbə(r) ]
( fibres)
Note: in AM, use 'fiber'
1.
A fibre is a thin thread of a natural or artificial substance, especially one that is used to make cloth or rope.
If you look at the paper under a microscope you will see the fibres.
...a variety of coloured fibres.
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2.
A particular fibre is a type of cloth or other material that is made from or consists of threads.
The ball is made of rattan–a natural fibre.
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3.
Fibre consists of the parts of plants or seeds that your body cannot digest. Fibre is useful because it makes food pass quickly through your body.
Most vegetables contain fibre.
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4.
A fibre is a thin piece of flesh like a thread which connects nerve cells in your body or which muscles are made of.
...the nerve fibres.
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