nib
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7.2
- noun
- /nɪb/
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punta
- The nib of my fountain pen moved smoothly across the paper.
- cocoa nibs
- cacao nibs
- pen nib
When you put down weight on it, the the nib will spread.
- When you put down weight on it, the the nib will spread.
- And then we have a tool for the removal of the pen nib when you need to replace it.
- We have a very thin nib with a hole and a little black, a little red stopper in it, which I've just pulled out.
- And then I bought this like magic wand looking nib holder.
Examples
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I find this nib to be so easy for applying liner, so just really into the roots of the lashes to start with.
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I need a pen with a broader nib.
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The pen nib would go right through the paper.
Fiction book (1992) -
It's such a skinny little nib, which is great.
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Never dip your nib in the office ink.
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For a time, there was hardly a sound but the scritch of nib on paper as she wrote.
Fiction book (1997) -
Thomas Fullerton on top, and touched the nib of her fountain pen to the paper.
Fiction book (1995) -
And that's why I am kind of cleaning up the pen nib on a scrap piece of paper here, taking more of the excess paint off.
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Quickly dipping the nib of his pen into the inkwell that rested against the railing, he wrote and wrote and wrote...
Fiction book (1994) -
When it did, all manner of variations evolved, including nibs of steel, gold, horn, tortoiseshell, or metal tipped with pieces of diamond or ruby.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
550
1.0
The sharp end of something like a knife or mountain
28
3.2
A small piece of food that you eat in one bite
12
6.9
A small hard lump that sticks out from a surface
The small pointed metal tip of a pen that puts ink on paper
Compounds
How Pointed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nib comes from an old word neb that meant 'beak' or 'nose', and people pictured a pen tip as a little beak. So a nib is the pointed part of a pen that makes your lines.