- [uncountable] the part of food that helps to keep a person healthy by keeping the bowels working and moving other food quickly through the body synonym roughage
- dietary fibre
- Dried fruits are especially high in fibre.
- a high-/low-fibre diet
- He has been advised to increase his fibre intake.
- bran fibre
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatingc1- Peaches are a good source of fibre.
- foods that are rich in fibre
- foods that have a high fibre content
- the problems associated with a low fibre diet
- your total daily intake of dietary fibre
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dietary
- vegetable
- be high in
- be rich in
- content
- intake
- supplement
- …
- an intake of fibre
- a source of fibre
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- [countable, uncountable] a material such as cloth or rope that is made from a mass of natural or artificial threads
- nylon and other man-made fibres
- Wear underwear that is made from natural fibres.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- coarse
- hollow
- strong
- …
- be made from
- be made of
- optics
- [countable] one of the many thin threads that form body tissue, such as muscle, and natural materials, such as wood and cotton
- cotton/wood/nerve/muscle fibres
- (literary) She loved him with every fibre of her being.
Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyc1- The disease is characterized by degeneration of muscle fibres.
- The function of nerve fibres is to transmit coded information from one place to another.
- Mechanical filters draw air through flat, coarse fibres.
- Wood fibres or synthetic fibres may be used in the manufacturing process.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- coarse
- hollow
- strong
- …
- be made from
- be made of
- optics
see also moral fibre, optical fibre
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘lobe of the liver’, (plural) ‘entrails’): via French from Latin fibra ‘fibre, filament, entrails’.
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