1. a thread or a structure or object resembling a thread: such as
2. a slender root (as of a grass)
3. an elongated tapering thick-walled plant cell void at maturity that imparts elasticity, flexibility, and tensile strength
4. a strand of nerve tissue axon, dendrite
5. one of the filaments composing most of the intercellular matrix of connective tissue
6. one of the elongated contractile cells of muscle tissue
7. a slender and greatly elongated natural or synthetic filament (as of wool, cotton, asbestos, gold, glass, or rayon) typically capable of being spun into yarn
8. mostly indigestible material in food (such as legumes, whole grains, and vegetables) that stimulates the intestine to peristalsis and promotes elimination of waste from the large intestine bulk, roughage
dietary fiber trying to get more fiber in her diet
9. material made of fibers especially vulcanized fiber
10. an element that gives texture or substance
11. basic toughness strength, fortitude
12. essential structure or character
the very fiber of a person's being
13. plant material that cannot be digested but that helps you to digest other food
14. a thin thread of natural or artificial material that can be used to make cloth, paper, etc.
15. material (such as cloth) that is made from thin threads something made of fibers
16. a thread or a structure or object resembling a thread
17. plant material that cannot be digested
18. a thread or a threadlike structure or object: as
19. a strand of nerve tissue axon, dendrite
20. mostly indigestible material in food that stimulates the intestine to peristalsis — called also bulk, dietary fiber, roughage