Fiber - Definition

n 1: a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being
spun into yarn [syn: fiber, fibre]
2: coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk
stimulates intestinal peristalsis [syn: roughage, fiber]
3: any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a
muscle fiber or a nerve fiber) [syn: fiber, fibre]
4: the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons
moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for
its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer [syn:
character, fiber, fibre]
5: a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or
cloth [syn: fiber, fibre, vulcanized fiber]