nib

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A fountain pen nib.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɪb/
• Rhymes: -ɪb

Noun

nib (plural nibs)

1. The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface.
   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1

     Slowly welling from the point of her gold nib, pale blue ink dissolved the full stop; for there her pen stuck; her eyes fixed, and tears slowly filled them.

2. The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.
3. Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces.
4. Partially processed cocoa bean.

Derived terms

• denib

Translations

tip of a pen

Finnish: kynänkärki (fi) French: plume (fr) f.

Japanese: ペン先 (pensaki) Portuguese: ponta (pt) f.

bill of a bird

Finnish: nokka (fi) French: bec (fr) m.

Portuguese: bico (pt) m.

Anagrams

• bin
• BNI
• ibn

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Lojban

Rafsi

nib

1. Rafsi of nibli.