Thesaurus / fibrous
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How best to harness the power of garlic in your everyday cookingLeeks, while similar in concept to scallions, aren’t as well-suited to being eaten raw, thanks to their more fibrous texture.
Instead there’re going to be an array of ingredients and proteins that need to be identified and developed to replicate the fibrous textures and fats that make meat taste like meat.
MOTIF FOODWORKS PREPS COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION FOR ITS FIRST INGREDIENT, IMPROVING THE FLAVOR OF BEEF SUBSTITUTESJONATHAN SHIEBEROCTOBER 1, 2020TECHCRUNCH
But this paper was a very tough, fibrous substance, and would resist quite a heavy blow as well as keep out the cold.
OUR LITTLE KOREAN COUSINH. LEE M. PIKE
“Fibrous” applies metaphorically to mental qualities; it means strong, sinewy—high talents, just below genius.
ASSIMILATIVE MEMORYMARCUS DWIGHT LARROWE (AKA PROF. A. LOISETTE)
The essential point in which it differs from any other known mineral consists in its being at once fibrous and textile.
ASBESTOSROBERT H. JONES
At Rockhausen, not far from Erfurth, in Prussia, there fell a great quantity of a fibrous matter resembling human hair.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELL
The larger ropes used by them, two inches in diameter, were made from the fibrous roots of the spruce.
THE WONDER BOOK OF KNOWLEDGEVARIOUS
Harkness was examining their ship, where shreds of filmy, fibrous material still clung, when Chet spoke.
Pandans are valued chiefly for their strong fibrous leaves, which are woven into mats, bags, and hats.
PHILIPPINE MATSHUGO H. MILLER
They are constructed of Chinese or Japanese paper, which is a soft, but very tough, fibrous texture.
THE BOY MECHANIC, BOOK 2VARIOUS
WORDS RELATED TO FIBROUS
- brawny
- cohesive
- conditioned
- dense
- durable
- fibrous
- firm
- fit
- flinty
- hard
- hard as nails
- hard-bitten
- hardened
- hardy
- healthy
- indigestible
- inflexible
- leathery
- lusty
- mighty
- molded
- resilient
- resistant
- rigid
- robust
- rugged
- seasoned
- sinewy
- solid
- stalwart
- steeled
- stiff
- stout
- strapping
- tenacious
- tight
- tough as nails
- unbreakable
- unyielding
- vigorous
- withstanding
- brawny
- cohesive
- conditioned
- dense
- durable
- fibrous
- firm
- fit
- flinty
- hard
- hard as nails
- hard-bitten
- hardened
- hardy
- healthy
- indigestible
- inflexible
- leathery
- lusty
- mighty
- molded
- resilient
- resistant
- rigid
- robust
- rugged
- seasoned
- sinewy
- solid
- stalwart
- steeled
- stiff
- stout
- strapping
- tenacious
- tight
- tough as nails
- unbreakable
- unyielding
- vigorous
- withstanding
- brawny
- cohesive
- conditioned
- dense
- durable
- fibrous
- firm
- fit
- flinty
- hard
- hard as nails
- hard-bitten
- hardened
- hardy
- healthy
- indigestible
- inflexible
- leathery
- lusty
- mighty
- molded
- resilient
- resistant
- rigid
- robust
- rugged
- seasoned
- sinewy
- solid
- stalwart
- steeled
- stiff
- stout
- strapping
- tenacious
- tight
- tough as nails
- unbreakable
- unyielding
- vigorous
- withstanding
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