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# fibre

noun (fibre / fiber, uncountable as food; a fibre, fibres = threads)

«fibre» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A fibre is a very thin thread, like those that make up wool, cotton, string, hair or paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#m1)
2. Fibre is the part of plant foods, like vegetables, fruit, beans and wholemeal bread, that your body does not digest but needs to keep your gut healthy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#m2)
3. Fibre can mean a material made of threads, like glass fibre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#m3)
4. Your moral fibre is your inner strength and goodness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#m4)
5. Fibres are thin threads of tissue that make up your muscles and other parts of your body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#m5)

### In the lessons

In science and health lessons: eat plenty of fibre for good digestion; whole grains, fruit, vegetables and beans are high in fibre. In materials lessons: natural fibres (wool, cotton, silk) and man-made fibres (nylon, polyester). In technology: fibre-optic cables carry internet signals as light. Phrases: «high in fibre», «natural fibres», «fibre optic», «every fibre of my being» (with all my heart).

### Examples

- Brown bread has more fibre than white bread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#x1)
- Eat fruit and vegetables for fibre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#x2)
- Wool is made of animal fibres. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#x3)
- The rope was made of thick plant fibres. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#x4)
- Fibre-optic cables carry the internet as light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#x5)
- Under the microscope, we saw the fibres of the paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#x6)
- Cotton is a natural fibre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#x7)
- Beans are full of fibre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#x8)
- A sickness was racking in every one of my bones, a languor and weariness creeping through my every fibre and muscle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#x9)

### Note

Spelling: «fibre» (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada) and «fiber» (US); both are correct. As food it is uncountable («some fibre»); threads are countable («two fibres»). Fibre in food is not digested, but it is still important.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fibre» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fibre» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fibre.html) on Mova free.