(US = fiber) one of the very thin threads of which many animals and vegetables growths are formed, e.g. cotton, wool, nerves, muscles
strand of material
Cases of word usage
1) a plant with fibre in its stem (used to make linen) and oil in its seed (used to make linseed oil) (flax)
2) fibre from certain plants, used for making ropes etc (jute)
3) a fibre or bundle of fibres carrying messages concerning feeling and movement between the brain and all parts of the body; condition of being easily excited, worried, irritated (nerve)
