nib

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
A bird's beak.
Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces.
A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean.
A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath.
The shaft of a wagon.

verb

noun

Initialism of newly initiated brother.
sodium-ion battery; Abbreviation of Na-ion battery (Na is the chemical symbol for sodium.)

adj

Abbreviation of new in box: Of a product that is the subject of a consumer sale: new and still in its original packaging; not used.

/nɪb/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nib.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-nib.wav

nib nibs knib nibbing nibbed

From a variant of neb, perhaps due to association with nibble.

bill pecker thole SIB

neb

denib nibber nib-cove nibless niblet niblick niblike nibmeister nib pen nib sugar nipple renib

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