What is another word for fibre?

Pronunciation: [fˈa͡ɪbə] (IPA)

Fibre is a crucial element of our diet that acts as a binding agent for every component we consume. It is a complex carbohydrate that is found in plants, fruits, and vegetables. Fibre is essential for proper digestion, and its deficiency may result in digestive disorders. It is also necessary to maintain a healthy weight, reduce cholesterol, and regulate blood sugar. Synonyms for fibre include roughage, dietary fiber, fiber, plant material, cellulose, lignin, chaff, bran, husk, and residue. All of these synonyms are plant-based materials that are essential for a healthy diet. Incorporating enough fibre in your meals will lead to a healthier lifestyle.

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Usage examples for Fibre

Miranda, too, was of hard fibre; both, anyhow, were used to England.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
In the determination to succeed, every drop of blood in my body, every fibre of me responded.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
We had not much of this precious fibre, but enough for the time to serve our purpose.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook

Famous quotes with Fibre

  • I was recently looking at what they can actually do to reduce consumption of petrol. It would be quite possible to build automobiles out of carbon fibre that would be just as strong, weigh 10 times less and consume 10 times less petrol.
    Susan George
  • Life is made too easy. Mankind's moral fibre is giving way under the softening influence of luxury.
    Johan Huizinga
  • Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fibre.
    Frank H. Crane
  • We have here a human as well as an economic problem. When humane considerations are concerned, Americans give them precedence. The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fibre. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre, and that I am therefor excused from saving Universes.
    Douglas Adams

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