fiber

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
noun coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
noun any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)

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

Cotton is a natural fiber. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission
Mem'brane, a thin, soft tissue of interwoven fibers. — McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader, William Holmes McGuffey
Ripe cotton fiber furnishes an almost pure cellulose, too." — Carl and the Cotton Gin, Sara Ware Bassett

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