fibril, filament, strand
(noun) a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fibril (plural fibrils)
A fine fibre or filament
(biology) Any fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants
Source: Wiktionary
Fi"bril, n. Etym: [F. fibrille, dim. of fibre, L. fibra.]
Definition: A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla. Cheyne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
