A/F

A/F (in auction catalogues, etc) abbreviation foras foundCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

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fi·ber  (f??b?r)n.1. A slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure.2. Botany One of the elongated, thick-walled cells that give strength and support to plant tissue.3. Anatomy a. Any of the filaments constituting the extracellular matrix of connective tissue.b. Any of various elongated cells or threadlike structures, especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber.4. a. A natural or synthetic filament, as of cotton or nylon, capable of being spun into yarn.b. Material made of such filaments.5. a. An essential element of a person’s character: “stirred the deeper fibers of my nature” (Oscar Wilde).b. Strength of character; fortitude: lacking in moral fiber.6. Coarse, indigestible plant matter, consisting primarily of polysaccharides such as cellulose, that when eaten stimulates intestinal peristalsis. Also called bulk, roughage.[French fibre, from Old French, from Latin fibra.]fi?bered adj.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.fiber (?fa?b?) n (Botany) the usual US spelling of fibreCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014fi?ber (?fa? b?r) n. 1. a fine threadlike piece, as of cotton, jute, or asbestos. 2. a slender filament: a fiber of platinum. 3. filaments collectively. 4. material composed of filaments: a plastic fiber. 5. something resembling a filament. 6. an essential character or strength: moral fiber. 7. a. filamentous matter from the bast tissue or other parts of plants, used for industrial purposes. b. root hair. 8. any of the filaments or elongated cells or structures that are combined in a bundle of tissue: nerve fiber. 9. Also called bulk , roughage. the structural parts of plants that are wholly or partly indigestible, acting to increase intestinal bulk and peristalsis. Also, esp. Brit., fibre. [1350?1400; Middle English (