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dietary fibre

dietary fibre noun: substances, generally of plant origin, consisting mostly of complex carbohydrates which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract.

Noun

dietary fibre (uncountable)

  1. Substances, generally of plant origin, consisting mostly of complex carbohydrates which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract.
    Synonyms:
    bulk, roughage

dietary fibre meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malay and Indonesian

dietary fibre in Hindi

substances undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract
रुक्षांश rukṣāñś, रफ़ेज rafej, फ़ाइबर fāibar, भोजनतंतु bhojantantu, खाद्यतंतु khādyatantu

dietary fibre in Tamil

உணவு நார்ப்பொருள்

dietary fibre in Malay

substances undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract
pelawas

dietary fibre in Indonesian

substances undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract
serat
More languagesFewer languages
dietary fibre in Thai
ใยอาหาร yai-aa-hǎan, ไฟเบอร์
dietary fibre in Vietnamese
chất xơ thực phẩm, chất xơ

Synonyms of dietary fibre

Forms of dietary fibre

alternative USdietary fiber

Questions about dietary fibre

What does dietary fibre mean?
Dietary fibre means substances, generally of plant origin, consisting mostly of complex carbohydrates which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract.
What is dietary fibre in Hindi?
Dietary fibre in Hindi is रुक्षांश (rukṣāñś), रफ़ेज (rafej), फ़ाइबर (fāibar). See Dietary fibre meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is dietary fibre?
Dietary fibre is a noun.

Words near dietary fibre in the dictionary

  1. dietarians
  2. dietaries
  3. dietarily
  4. dietary
  5. dietary fiber
  6. dietary fibre
  7. dietary fibres
  8. dietary indiscretion
  9. dietary indiscretions
  10. dietary supplement
  11. dietary supplements

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dietary fibre (page history and authors); dietary fibre (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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