{
    "term": "fibre",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the part of food that helps to keep a person healthy by keeping the bowels working and moving other food quickly through the body",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**dietary fibre**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Dried fruits are especially **high in fibre**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **high-/low-fibre diet**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has been advised to increase his fibre intake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "bran fibre"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Peaches are a good source of fibre."
                },
                {
                    "text": "foods that are rich in fibre"
                },
                {
                    "text": "foods that have a high fibre content"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the problems associated with a low fibre diet"
                },
                {
                    "text": "your total daily intake of dietary fibre"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["dietary", "vegetable"],
                "verb + fibre/​fiber": ["be high in", "be rich in"],
                "fibre/​fiber + noun": ["content", "intake", "supplement"],
                "phrases": ["an intake of fibre", "a source of fibre"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a material such as cloth or rope that is made from a mass of natural or artificial threads",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "nylon and other **man-made fibres**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wear underwear that is made from natural fibres."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["coarse", "hollow", "strong"],
                "verb + fibre/​fiber": ["be made from", "be made of"],
                "fibre/​fiber + noun": ["optics"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "one of the many thin threads that form body tissue, such as muscle, and natural materials, such as wood and cotton",
            "labels": "(literary)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**cotton/wood/nerve/muscle fibres**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She loved him with every fibre of her being."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The disease is characterized by degeneration of muscle fibres."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The function of nerve fibres is to transmit coded information from one place to another."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mechanical filters draw air through flat, coarse fibres."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wood fibres or synthetic fibres may be used in the manufacturing process."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Body"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["coarse", "hollow", "strong"],
                "verb + fibre/​fiber": ["be made from", "be made of"],
                "fibre/​fiber + noun": ["optics"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfaɪbə(r)/",
                "audio": "fi/fibre/fibre__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfaɪbər/",
                "audio": "fi/fibre/fibre__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘lobe of the liver’, (plural) ‘entrails’): via French from Latin fibra ‘fibre, filament, entrails’."
}