fiber
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a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or clothtype of:doek, kleed, materiaal, stof, stofdoek, stofvod, textiel, textielindustrie, textielnijverheid, textielvezel, weefselartifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
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a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarntypes:oesterbaardtuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surfacebaardhaara stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or syntheticglasdraad, glaswola very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light; used in bundles to transmit imageszenuwvezela threadlike extension of a nerve cellraffiafiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and basketsherfstdraad, kobbenet, net, netdraad, rag, spinnenweb, spinneweb, spinrag, spinseldraad, webfilaments from a web that was spun by a spidereffectora nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretiondendrietshort fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuronschimmeldraadany of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungusacrylvezelpolymerized from acrylonitrilenylona thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fiberstype of:materiaalthe tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
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