fibre
/ˈfaɪ.bə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.67 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
Countable
noun
Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The microscope showed several different fibres stuck to the sole of the shoe."
- "The cloth was made from strange, somewhat rough fibre."
- "Fresh vegetables are a good source of fibre."
- "The ordeal was a test of everyone’s fibre."
- "He was gentlemanly, steady, tractable, with a thorough knowledge of his duties; and in time, when yet very young, he became chief mate of a fine ship, without ever having been tested by those events of the sea that show in the light of day the inner worth of a man, the edge of his temper, and the fibre of his stuff; that reveal the quality of his resistance and the secret truth of his pretences, not only to others but also to himself."
- "Under this map, any two values in the fibre of a given point on the circle differ by 2π."
Etymology
From French fibre, from Old French, from Latin fibra.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈfaɪ.bə(ɹ)/