Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fiber

/ˈfaɪ.bɚ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: fiber
IPA: /ˈfaɪ.bɚ/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.

American usage; Countable

noun

A material in the form of fibers.

American usage; Uncountable

noun

A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Moral strength and resolve.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

A kind of lightweight thread of execution.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The microscope showed a single blue fiber stuck to the sole of the shoe."
"The cloth is made from strange, somewhat rough fiber."
"Please use polyester fiber for this shirt."
"Fresh vegetables are a good source of fiber."
"The ordeal was a test of everyone's fiber."
"Under this map, any two values in the fiber of a given point on the circle differ by 2π."

Etymology

From French fibre, from Old French fibre, from Latin fibra.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: fibre, fibra

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈfaɪ.bɚ/
British English: /ˈfaɪ.bə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

fibers (plural) fibre (alternative)

Derived Forms

biofiber cofiber defiber fiberboard fibered fiberfill fiberglass fiberise fiberize fiberless fiberlike fiberoptic

Phrases

acrylic fiber carbon fiber C fiber dark fiber dentinal fiber dietary fiber elastic fiber fiber art

Frequently Paired Words

fibril fibrilar fibro- fibroblast fibrocyte fibroid fibroma fibrosis

Synonyms

fibre vulcanized fiber character roughage

Rhymes With

cyber fibre subscriber schreiber tiber transcriber prescriber biber scheiber reiber seiber scriber

Questions

How do you pronounce fiber?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfaɪ.bɚ/.
What does fiber mean?: A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
Where does fiber come from?: It is traced to French.

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