fiber

Noun

• a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth

• the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
  • education has for its object the formation of character- Herbert Spencer
    

• any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)

• coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis

• a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  fibre , vulcanized fiber , character , roughage