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- noun Plural form of
fiber .
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Examples
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Inhaling burning fibers is very low on the scale of things they could possibly do to upset you, I assure you.
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That left behind a collagen matrix — the protein fibers that hold groups of cells together and help give organs their overall shape — which they then reseeded with heart cells from a newborn rat.
Science Is Nifty cortigiana 2009
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Inhaling burning fibers is very low on the scale of things they could possibly do to upset you …
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By contrast, pain fibers only pick up sensations from a millimeter away.
Mozart, Mahler, Magic ewillett 2008
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Pull a small clump of fibers from the side of a hen-back feather to align the tips.
How To Tie The Hottest Fly In The World Tim Romano 2007
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Prepare and strip another like-sized clump of fibers from the hen feather.
How To Tie The Hottest Fly In The World Tim Romano 2007
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Wool has also experimented with building hurricane-resistant houses out of … well, if not exactly out of chicken feathers, at least out of materials based on keratin fibers derived from chicken feathers.
Chicken feathers no longer for the birds Edward Willett 2006
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Wool has also experimented with building hurricane-resistant houses out of … well, if not exactly out of chicken feathers, at least out of materials based on keratin fibers derived from chicken feathers.
Archive 2006-09-17 Edward Willett 2006
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This high performance treatment also helps to stimulate and strengthen the collagen and elastin fibers to plump up the skin?
Turn Back the Clock: Our Picks For the Top Anti-Aging Products of 2006 2006
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When the pole, made of fiberglass and carbon fibers, is planted, a pivotal exchange takes place.
USATODAY.com - Pole vaulting: Doing the 'seemingly impossible' 2003
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