a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
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fiber |
fibre |
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
byssus, beard
bristle
optical fiber, glass fiber, optical fibre, glass fibre
nerve fiber, nerve fibre
spindle
loofa, loofah, luffa, loufah sponge
cantala, Cebu maguey, manila maguey
bassine
coir
raffia
string
fibril, filament, strand
lint
man-made fiber, synthetic fiber
natural fiber, natural fibre
oakum
raveling, ravelling
hypernym
substance meronym