Nib

Definition: Nib

Nib

Noun

1. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "nib" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references)

Industry

Metallurgy

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

NIB

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Nib

Disjunction

Sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind; circumcise; cut; incide, incise; saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst; rend; rend asunder, rend in twain; wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver, cranch, crunch, craunch, chop; cut up, rip up; hack, hew, slash; whittle; haggle, hackle, discind, lacerate, scamble, mangle, gash, hash, slice.

End

Noun: end, close, termination; desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega; extreme, extremity; gable end, butt end, fag-end; tip, nib, point; tail; (rear); verge; (edge); tag, peroration; bonne bouche; bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard.

Sharpness

Nib, tooth, tusk; spoke, cog, ratchet.

Summit

Tip, tip top; crest, crow's nest, cap, truck, nib; end; crown, brow; head, nob, noddle, pate; capsheaf.

Crosswords: Nib

References

• The World Market for Pen Nibs and Nib Points: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Breaking the bank : how the NIB scandal was exposed (reference)

• NIB CAPITAL BANK N.V.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (Financial Performance Series) (reference)

  (more book examples)

High Tech

• ETHERNET NIB TYPE 2610 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Sheaffer fountain pen factory, Ft. Madison, Iowa. Line of nib grinders and their operators.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Business

The establishment of dental centers by Australian heath insurance funds, such as NIB, Manchester Unity and HCF, has occurred in order to serve their members. (references)

Economic History

Kenya

Because of the cheaper imports, NIB is unable to rapidly move its rice stocks. (references)

Trade

Finland

NIB - Nordic Investment Bank: NIB is a multilateral financial institution owned by the five Nordic countries. (references)

Finland

Outside the Nordic area, NIB finances a variety of international projects, both in emerging market and the OECD countries. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "nib": nib point ♦ pen nib ♦ quill nib. Additional references.

Ending with "nib": pen-nib.

Albanian

sqep (beak, bill, Neb, pecker), pykë (quoin, wedge), majë pene (pen), majë (aiguille, alp, apex, cusp, height, nab, naze, Neb, needle, peak, Pike, pinnacle, point, projection, Spike, spire, summit, tine, tip, tiptop, top, topping, vertex, woof), e dalë (bay, drip, extrusion, jut, lug, nipple, offset, outing, overhang, projection, promontory, protuberance, shelf, torus, undershot). (various references)

Arabic 

‏منقار (beak, bill, pickax, picker), ‏سن (age, dent, hone, notch, prong, sharp, tine, tooth), ‏ريشة الكتابة (pen). (various references)

Bulgarian 

шип (barb, calk, ferrule, journal, prick, prickle, rough, spine, spur, thorn), клюн (beak, bill, rostrum), клин (chock, cleat, cotter bolt, gusset, key, lock, loco, panel, peg, quoin, salient, wedge), острие (blade, edge, knife, point, prick), заострен край (tip), перо (entry, feather, pen, plume), писец. (various references)

Chinese 

鸟嘴 (Bird's-mouth, nibs), 筆尖 (pen point, the tip of a writing brush or pencil). (various references)

Czech

nožièka pera, pero (feather, pen, spring), hrot pera, špièka (dig, end, innuendo, peak, rush, spearhead, taunt, tip, top). (various references)

Danish

reservespids (interchangeable renew nib unit, replacement nib unit), pennespids (nib point, nib(= pointe rapportée)voir texte FG-p.1-59, pen point), pen (pen, pen nib), chokoladestykke (breaks, piece of nib), chokolade (breaks, chocolate, piece of nib). (various references)

Dutch

schrijfpen (pen nib), reservekop (interchangeable renew nib unit, replacement nib unit), punt voor schrijfpennen (nib point, nib(= pointe rapportée)voir texte FG-p.1-59, pen point), Kerndeeltje (breaks, piece of nib). (various references)

Finnish

terä (bit, blade, corolla, crown, cutter, edge, in chain saws, inserted tooth, iron, knife, that part of the(cutter)link that does the actual cutting), kynänterä. (various references)

French

pointe, plume, bec de plume. (various references)

German

schreibfeder (ink pen, pen nib, quill, recorder pen, recording pen), federspitze (nib point, nib(= pointe rapportée)voir texte FG-p.1-59, pen point), feder (feather, key without taper, non-tapered key, pen, plume, plumes, quill, quills, spring, tenon, tongue, untapered key). (various references)

Greek 

ράμφοσ (beak, rostrum), μύτη πέννασ, μύτη (nose, point, snout), αιχμή (bouncing busy hour, busy hour, hardie, hardy, needle, peak, peak busy hour, peak hour, peak value, pin point, point, post selected busy hour, spicule, spike, tip). (various references)

Hebrew 

מקור (fount, fountain, germ, origin, parent, resource, resources, root, seed, source, well, wellspring), עט (pen, stylus), חו�" (barb, bit, edge, nose, pinpoint, point, sharpness, tip, tooth). (various references)

Hungarian

tollhegy (pen), hegye valaminek (point), él (be alive, edge, exist, face, have life, live, poignancy, point, to be in easy street, to exist, to lead a dog's life, to live in a small way, to subsist, to wallow in vice). (various references)

Indonesian

ujung pena, memperuncing (exacerbate). (various references)

Italian

pennino. (various references)

Manx

gob (apex, beak, bow, bow of ship, headland, hook, jet, jut, lip of jug, mouth, muzzle, nose, nosepiece, pee of anchor, point, prominence, promontory, spit, spout). (various references)

Pig Latin

ibnay

Portuguese

niágara, ponta metálica de caneta, ponta (beak, crampon, cusp, jot, nebula, peak, peak value, point, prickle, sparable, spike, spike tooth, stick, stub, summit, tab, tack, tine, tip, wire nail), pena (crowquill, egret, feather, grief, mercy, pain, pen, penalty, penicillin, pity, plume, punishment, rue, Ruth, sanction, sentence, shucks, stretch, suffering, sympathy, trouble), indivíduo elegante (gallant), cacau em flocos, bico (beak, bill, fipple, funnel, incandescent burner, mouthpiece, napkin, Neb, nozzle, pavillion, peak, pouring spout, prickle, speed-change lane, spout, spray nozzle, taper), arranjar (accomodate, achieve, acquire, adjust, arrange, calculate, catch, collate, curry, do, do up, dress, fare, figure up, filibeg, find, fix, fix up, get, lay, lay out, make, obtain, order, organize, patch, pick, pick up, pitch, place, prepare, procure, put in order, remake, schedule, settle, size, square up, tidy, titivate, to arrange, trim), aparar (caress, clip, detruncate, fettle, fondle, lop, mow, pare, paregoric, prune, skive, spoil, trim, ward off, Whittle). (various references)

Romanian

vârf de peniţã, vârf (acme, apex, cap, climax, crest, cusp, edge, end, head, height, knoll, nozzle, peak, pinnacle, point, style, summit, tip, tiptop, top, topping), plisc (beak, snout), peniţã (pen), cioc (bang, beak, bill, Buss, click-clack, click-click, goatee, knock, mouth, nose, nozzle, pecker, rostrum, sip, snout, spout, tuft), ascuţiş (bit, blade, edge, point). (various references)

Russian 

кончик (tip). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

kljun (beak, bill, neb, ram, rostrum), šiljak (cusp, jag, peak, spike, tip). (various references)

Spanish

punta (beak, bodkin, buckle, end, extremity, fastener, head, hustler, jack, jag, metal lace, peak, pen nib, Pike, point, small end, smaller end, sock, spike, spike tooth, summit, T lead, T wire, tack, tip, tip conductor, tip lead, tip wire, toe, wire nail), plumilla (pen nib), plumín, insertar la pluma, cortar la pluma. (various references)

Swedish

stålpenna. (various references)

Thai

ปลาย (tag end, terminal). (various references)

Turkish

kalem ucu (pen point, style), kaba çekilmiş kahve, gaga (beak, bill, rostrate, rostrum, trap). (various references)

Ukranian 

стержень для ручки, спритний шахрай, рило свині, шип (barb, bur, buzz, calk, prick, prickle, tenon), клин (chock, cleat, cotter, gusset, quoin, scotch, shim, wedge), гризти (champ, gnaw, munch, nag, nibble, scrunch), гострий кінчик, вістря (barb, edge, peak, pile, prick, spearhead, spire), вставляти перо в ручку, виступ (address, appearance, corbel, gibbosity, jut, ledge, offset, overhang, projection, promontory, protrusion, salience, salient, shoulder, snag, spine, teat, ward), обгризати (nibble), металеве перо, мелені боби какао, пройдисвіт (adventurer, bounder, cheat, rogue, twerp, vagabond), дзьоб птаха. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "nib": nibbed, nibbing, nibble, nibbled, nibbler, nibblers, nibbles, nibbling, niblick, niblicks, niblike, nibs. (additional references)

Words ending with "nib": snib. (additional references)

Words containing "nib": cannibal, cannibalise, cannibalised, cannibalises, cannibalising, cannibalism, cannibalisms, cannibalistic, cannibalization, cannibalizations, cannibalize, cannibalized, cannibalizes, cannibalizing, cannibals, discernible, discernibly, indiscernible, minibar, minibars, minibike, minibiker, minibikers, minibikes, minibus, minibuses, minibusses, noncannibalistic, omnibus, omnibuses, omnibusses, snibbed, snibbing, snibs. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Nib" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cnib, gnib, inb, inby, kib, knib, mib, Naba, nabd, Nabn, nabt, naib, nalb, nbi, nbr, Nby, Ncbi, Nciv, ndb, nebb, Nebi, neeb, neib, nerb, Nesb, ngi, Nhi, nhic, nia, niba, nibb, Nibby, nibe, nibi, nibo, ni-br, nibt, nic, nid, nie, nif, nih, nij, nik, Nikb, nilb, nimb, nio, niob, Niobe, niq, nir, nirb, nisb, nitb, Niu, niv, niw, Niwba, niy, niz, nlba, nobb, Nobq, Nobu, noibe, Nri, nuba, nuby, nueb, nurb, Nycb, nyp, nyr, nyu, pibb, zib. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: bin.

-1 letter: bi, in.

+1 letter: bani, bind, bine, bins, bint, blin, brin, inby, nibs, snib.

+2 letters: bairn, basin, begin, being, benni, binal, bindi, binds, bines, binge, bingo, binit, bints, biont, bison, blain, blind, blini, blink, boing, brain, brine, bring, brink, brins, briny, bruin, burin, cabin, inbye, nabis, nimbi, nubia, robin, sabin, snibs, unbid, zineb.

+3 letters: ablins, abying, albino, baaing, bagnio, bairns, baking, baling, bandit, banian, baning, banish, banzai, baring, basing, basins, basion, bating, baying, beanie, beduin, begins, behind, beings, benign, bennis, benzin, berlin, bicorn, bicron, bidden, biding, biffin, biggin, biking, bikini, billon, binary, binate, binder, bindis, bindle, binged, binger, binges, bingos, binits, binned, binocs, biogen, bionic, bionts, biotin, bisons, biting, bitten, bizone, blains, blinds, blinis, blinks, blintz, bluing, bobbin, boding, bodkin, boffin, bonaci, bonier, boning, bonita, bonito, bonnie, bonsai, booing, boring, bovine, bowfin, bowing, boxing, brains, brainy, brined, briner, brines, brings, brinks, briony, bromin, brucin, bruins, bumkin, bunion, burins, burnie, busing, buskin, buying, byline, byrnie, cabins, cubing, dobbin, dubbin, ebbing, fibrin, gabion, gibbon, gibing, gibson, globin, goblin, gybing, henbit, inborn, inbred, incubi, indaba, intomb, jibing, lubing, milneb, newbie, nibbed, nibble, nimble, nimbly, nimbus, niobic, nubbin, nubias, nubile, obtain, orbing, rabbin, rebind, riband, ribbon, robbin, robing, robins, sabine, sabins, tubing, unbind, upbind, zinebs.

+4 letters: abasing, abating, abelian, abiding, ablings, aboding, absinth, abstain, abusing, aiblins, albinal, albinic, albinos, albumin, ambient, ambling, amboina, antibug, babying, baching, backing, badging, baffing, bagging, bagnios, bailing, bairnly, baiting, bakings, balding, balking, balling, bambini, bambino, bamming, bandaid, bandied, bandies, banding, bandits, banging, banians, banking, banksia, banning, banshie, banties, banzais, barbing, barding, barfing, bargain, barging, barking, barnier, barring, basenji, bashing, basinal, basined, basinet, basions, basking, basting, bastion, bathing, batting, batwing, bawling, beading, beaming, beanies, beaning, bearing, beating, beatnik, becking, bedding, bedizen, bedouin, beduins, beefing, beeline, beeping, begging, begonia, beguine, behinds, beignet, belling, belting, belying, bending, benefic, benefit, benison, bennies, benthic, benzine, benzins, benzoic, benzoin, bepaint, berline, berlins, besting, betaine, bethink, betting, biasing, bibbing, bicorne, bicrons, bidding, biennia, biffing, biffins, bigging, biggins, bighorn, bigness, bikinis, bilging, bilking, billing, billion, billons, biltong, binders, bindery, binding, bindles, bingers, binging, binning, binocle, biogens, biogeny, bionics, bionomy, biontic, biotins, biotron, biplane, birchen, birding, birdman, birdmen, birling, birring, bisnaga, bittern, bitting, bitumen, bivinyl, biznaga, bizonal, bizones, blaming, blaring, blawing, blazing, blinded, blinder, blindly, blinked, blinker, blintze, blowing, bluefin, blueing, bluings, bluming, boating, bobbing, bobbins, bodings, bodkins, bodying, boffing, boffins, bogging, boiling, bolling, bolting, bombing, bonacis, bonding, bonfire, bonging, boniest, bonitas, bonitos, bonking, bonnier, bonnily, bonsais, boobing, booking, booming, boomkin, boonies, booting, boozing, bopping, borings, bornite, boronic, bossing, botanic, botulin, bousing, bovines, bowfins, bowings, bowline, bowling, bowsing, boxings, bracing, brained, braking, braving, braying, brazing, brewing, bribing, bridoon, brigand, brinded, brindle, briners, bringer, brinier, brinies, brining, brinish, brisant, broking, bromine, bromins, bronchi, brownie, brucine, brucins, bruting, bubinga, bubonic, bucking, budding, budging, buffing, bugging, bugling, bulging, bulking, bulling, bullion, bumkins, bumming, bumping, bumpkin, bundist, bunging, bunions, bunking, bunnies, bunting, buoying, burking, burling, burnies, burning, burnish, burping, burring, burying, bushing, busings, busking, buskins, bussing, busting, busying, butling, butting, butyrin, buzzing, bylined, byliner, bylines, byrling, byrnies, cabbing, cabined, cabinet, cabling, carabin, carbine, coalbin, combine, combing, corbina, cowbind, curbing, dabbing, daubing, dibbing, dingbat, disband, dobbins, dubbing, dubbins, dubnium, dumbing, dustbin, ebonies, ebonise, ebonite, ebonize, eobiont, fabling, fibbing, fibrins, fibroin, finable, finback, fobbing, fubbing, gabbing, gabions, gabling, garbing, gibbing, gibbons, gibsons, globing, globins, gobbing, goblins, habitan, henbits, hipbone, hobbing, hobnail, hoboing, ignoble, ignobly, ikebana, imbrown, imbuing, inbeing, inboard, inbound, inbreds, inbreed, inbuilt, inburst, incubus, indabas, inhabit, inhibin, inhibit, inkblot, intombs, jabbing, jacobin, jambing, jibbing, jobbing, kerbing, lambing, lambkin, lesbian, limbing, linable, linkboy, lobbing, lobefin, milnebs, minable, minibar, minibus, minicab, minilab, misbind, mobbing, nabbing, nebbish, newbies, nibbing, nibbled, nibbler, nibbles, niblick, niblike, nimbler, niobate, niobium, niobous, nobbier, nobbily, nombril, nubbier, nubbins, numbing, obconic, obeying, obtains, omnibus, ouabain, pembina, pinball, pinbone, prebind, probing, rabbins, rabboni, rainbow, rebegin, rebinds, ribands, ribband, ribbing, ribbons, ribbony, robbing, robbins, rubbing, rubying, sabbing, sabeing, sabines, sabring, sibling, snibbed, sobbing, sorbing, stibine, subbing, suberin, subjoin, subline, subring, subunit, sunbird, swingby, symbion, tabanid, tabbing, tabling, taborin, tabuing, tombing, tribune, tubbing, tubings, tubulin, turbine, umbonic, unbinds, unbraid, unbuild, unbuilt, upbinds, vibrant, vibrion, webbing, windbag, wingbow, woodbin, zebrine.

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