nib
/nɪb/ · noun
Meaning
- The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
- The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.
- 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.
- To fit (a pen) with a nib.
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