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    Fi·brous
    /ˈfībrəs/

    adjective

    • 1. consisting of or characterized by fibers: "lignin is the fibrous material that gives wood its strength"
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  3. Learn the meaning of fibrous, an adjective that describes something containing, consisting of, or resembling fibers. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related phrases of fibrous.

  4. Fibrous means made of fibres, or like fibre, or containing fibre in food. Learn more about the meaning, pronunciation and usage of fibrous with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

  5. Fibrous means made of fibers, or like fiber, or containing fiber. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, such as textiles, food, and biology, with examples and translations.

  6. Fibrous means containing, consisting of, or resembling fibers. Learn how to use this adjective in a sentence, see its origin and related words, and take a quiz to test your vocabulary.

  7. Something that's fibrous is coarse and stringy, like thick yarn or twine. Some baskets are made of woven and twisted fibrous branches. Fibrous things look like the fibers that are braided or twisted together to make a length of rope or jute. Many tree roots are fibrous, as are many vines and branches.

  8. Fibrous means having, consisting of, or resembling fibers. It can also mean full of sinews; tough. Find synonyms, translations, and related words for fibrous in various dictionaries and thesauruses.

  9. Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the word fibrous, which describes something made of many fibres or looking like fibres. See examples, synonyms and related words in the Oxford Collocations Dictionary.

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