Fiber Definition–noun | 1. | a fine, threadlike piece, as of cotton, jute, or asbestos. |
| 2. | a slender filament: a fiber of platinum. |
| 3. | filaments collectively. |
| 4. | matter or material composed of filaments: a plastic fiber. |
| 5. | something resembling a filament. |
| 6. | an essential character, quality, or strength: people of strong moral fiber. |
| 7. | Botany. | a. | filamentous matter from the bast tissue or other parts of plants, used for industrial purposes. |
| b. | a slender, threadlike root of a plant. |
| c. | a slender, tapered cell which, with like cells, serves to strengthen tissue. |
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| 8. | Anatomy, Zoology. a slender, threadlike element or cell, as of nerve, muscle, or connective tissue. |
| 9. | Nutrition. Also called bulk, dietary fiber, roughage. | a. | the structural part of plants and plant products that consists of carbohydrates, as cellulose and pectin, that are wholly or partially indigestible and when eaten stimulate peristalsis in the intestine. |
| b. | food containing a high amount of such carbohydrates, as whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. |
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Optic Definition–adjective | 1. | of or pertaining to the eye or sight. |
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| 4. | a lens of an optical instrument. |
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Christmas Definition–noun | 1. | the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts. |
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Tree Definition–noun | 1. | a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground. |
| 2. | any of various shrubs, bushes, and plants, as the banana, resembling a tree in form and size. |
| 3. | something resembling a tree in shape, as a clothes tree or a crosstree. |
| 6. | a pole, post, beam, bar, handle, or the like, as one forming part of some structure. |
| 7. | a shoetree or boot tree. |
| 9. | a treelike group of crystals, as one forming in an electrolytic cell. |
| 11. | the cross on which Christ was crucified. |
| 12. | Computers. a data structure organized like a tree whose nodes store data elements and whose branches represent pointers to other nodes in the tree. |
–verb (used with object) | 14. | to drive into or up a tree, as a pursued animal or person. |
| 15. | Informal. to put into a difficult position. |
| 16. | to stretch or shape on a tree, as a boot. |
| 17. | to furnish (a structure) with a tree. |
—Idiom| 18. | up a tree, Informal. in a difficult or embarrassing situation; at a loss; stumped. |
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