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# fibre

«fibre» in Mova's school dictionary: **a very thin thread, like those that make up wool, cotton…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) A fibre is a very thin thread, like those that make up wool, cotton, string, hair or paper. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#m3)

4) Your moral fibre is your inner strength and goodness. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#m5)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#x1)
- Eat fruit and vegetables for fibre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#x2)
- Wool is made of animal fibres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#x3)
- The rope was made of thick plant fibres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#x4)
- Fibre-optic cables carry the internet as light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#x5)
- Under the microscope, we saw the fibres of the paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#x6)
- Cotton is a natural fibre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/#x7)
- Beans are full of fibre. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### In the corpora

- [The large intestine soaks up water and salts from what is left, and its bacteria break down some of the fibre.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich/13/)
- [The tailorbird pokes holes in leaves and pulls plant fibres or spider silk through them to sew a leaf cup round its nest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/243-animal-builders-termite-mounds-weaver-birds-and-other-nest-makers/13/)
- [When you cut yourself, platelets and stringy fibres make a net that plugs the cut and hardens into a scab.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood/11/)
- [White flour is made from the inside of the grain, while wholemeal flour uses the whole grain, so it has more fibre.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread/9/)
- [A dye is a coloured substance whose molecules stick to fibres; berry stains are dyes from the fruit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fibre» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibre/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.