nib

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
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. A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean.
5. A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
6. One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath.
7. The shaft of a wagon.

Verb

To fit (a pen) with a nib.

Concepten

snavel

spits

punt

neb

punten

aanpunten

pen

Synoniemen

beak

bill

neb

point

tip

pecker

pointed end

penpoint

pen nib

nose

👃

pinpoint

quill

rostrum

snoot

snout

spicule

spout

tappet

razor edge

external point

apex

external center

blade

conk

edge

fipple

nozzle

peak

peen

pike

pinch

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/nɪb/

Etymologie (Engels)

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