fibre, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

fibre (fibres plural )
in AM, use fiber

1 n-count A fibre is a thin thread of a natural or artificial substance, especially one that is used to make cloth or rope.
If you look at the paper under a microscope you will see the fibres., ...a variety of coloured fibres.

2 n-var A particular fibre is a type of cloth or other material that is made from or consists of threads.
The ball is made of rattan<endash>a natural fibre.

3 n-uncount Fibre consists of the parts of plants or seeds that your body cannot digest. Fibre is useful because it makes food pass quickly through your body.
Most vegetables contain fibre.

4 n-count A fibre is a thin piece of flesh like a thread which connects nerve cells in your body or which muscles are made of.
...the nerve fibres.

fibre optics
The spelling fiber optics is also used in American English. The form fibre optic is used as a modifier.

1 n-uncount Fibre optics is the use of long thin threads of glass to carry information in the form of light.

2 adj Fibre optic means relating to or involved in fibre optics.
ADJ n
...fibre optic cables.

glass fibre
in AM, use glass fiber
Glass fibre is another name for fibreglass.  n-uncount

moral fibre
in AM, use moral fiber
Moral fibre is the quality of being determined to do what you think is right.  n-uncount
...a man of stern moral fibre.

optical fibre (optical fibres plural )
in AM, use optical fiber An optical fibre is a very thin thread of glass inside a protective coating. Optical fibres are used to carry information in the form of light. n-var