Fibrous
['faɪbrəs]
Definition
(adj.) (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew .
Checked by Judith--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses.
Inputed by Cherie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Filamentous, stringy.
Typist: Merritt
Examples
- The larger ropes used by them, two inches in diameter, were made from the fibrous roots of the spruce. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The fibrous husks of cocoanuts are prepared in such a way as to form cellulose, which is used for the protection of warships, preventing the inflow of water through shot holes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Ivory is of cellular, not fibrous, construction. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Outside of this hard shell we are accustomed to seeing another covering of considerable thickness, of an extremely fibrous substance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The fibrous coat of the nut is made into a preparation called cellulose, which is described in another story in this book, and also into the well-known cocoanut matting. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In this manner every particle of the fibrous pulp is cleared away, and the drawing or writing in ink remains as if it had been drawn directly on the stone. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The exploration of the glades and swamps of Florida by three men extended over a period of five months in a minute search for fibrous woods of the palmetto species. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Whether his imagination is fibrous enough to catch the inwardness of the mutterings of our age is something experience alone can show. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They were next subjected to great pressure, for the purpose of making the fibrous particles cohere sufficiently to form sheets of paper. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Typist: Merritt