nib
noun/nɪb/
/nɪb/
- the metal point of a pen
- I dipped the nib into the ink and started to write.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryNib is used after these nouns:- pen
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘beak, nose’): probably from Middle Dutch nib or Middle Low German nibbe, variant of nebbe ‘beak’.Want to learn more?
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