fibrous

[ fahy-bruhs ]

/ ˈfaɪ brəs /

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adjective

containing, consisting of, or resembling fibers.

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Origin of fibrous

First recorded in 1620–30; fibr- + -ous

OTHER WORDS FROM fibrous

fi·brous·ly, adverbfi·brous·ness, nounin·ter·fi·brous, adjectivemul·ti·fi·brous, adjective

non·fi·brous, adjectivesub·fi·brous, adjectiveun·fibrous, adjectiveun·fibrous·ly, adverb

Words nearby fibrous

fibronectin, fibroplasia, fibrosarcoma, fibrosis, fibrositis, fibrous, fibrous root, fibrovascular, fibrovascular bundle, fibula, -fic

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How to use fibrous in a sentence

That’s largely because replicating the structure of chicken muscle — which has a fibrous quality, with strands that pull apart — is much harder than creating a ground meat lookalike.
It’s hard to make chickenless chicken delicious. Has Beyond Meat cracked the code?|Sigal Samuel|July 9, 2021|Vox
Previous efforts to convert this fibrous material, called corn stover, into fuel met with limited success.
A tweaked yeast can make ethanol from cornstalks and a harvest’s other leftovers|Nikk Ogasa|July 7, 2021|Science News
Another thing to keep in mind is that some varieties have a fibrous string running along the seam of the pod that needs to be removed before consumption.
Peas please! Shelling, snow and snap are at their peak|Aaron Hutcherson|April 16, 2021|Washington Post
They were made using okara, a fibrous byproduct of tofu production.
Vegan Cheese Is Ready to Compete With Dairy. Is the World Ready to Eat It?|Alicia Kennedy|April 1, 2021|Eater

Additionally, they found fibrous bread and charcoal that points to a potential bread-like product cooked on a hot rock—more or less the earliest known iteration of a pancake.
Your favorite brunch foods are thousands of years old|PopSci Staff|March 3, 2021|Popular-Science
What happens is that the inflammation of the liver triggered by the infection causes it to contract and it becomes a fibrous blob.
Anas al-Liby’s Health Care During Terror Trial Could Gouge Taxpayers|Jamie Dettmer|October 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But this paper was a very tough, fibrous substance, and would resist quite a heavy blow as well as keep out the cold.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
“Fibrous” applies metaphorically to mental qualities; it means strong, sinewy—high talents, just below genius.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
The essential point in which it differs from any other known mineral consists in its being at once fibrous and textile.
Asbestos|Robert H. Jones
At Rockhausen, not far from Erfurth, in Prussia, there fell a great quantity of a fibrous matter resembling human hair.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The larger ropes used by them, two inches in diameter, were made from the fibrous roots of the spruce.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various

British Dictionary definitions for fibrous

fibrous

/ (ˈfaɪbrəs) /

adjective

consisting of, containing, or resembling fibresfibrous tissue

Derived forms of fibrous

fibrously, adverbfibrousness, noun

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fibrous

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