Definizione monolingua

nib

nib (plural nibs)

1. The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface.
   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacobs Room Chapter 1

     Slowly welling from the point of her gold nib, pale blue ink dissolved the full stop; for there her pen stuck; her eyes fixed, and tears slowly filled them.

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. Partially processed cocoa bean.

Definizione dizionario nib

pennino

punta

Altri significati:

tip of a pen

Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces.

The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface.

bill of a bird

The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.

Partially processed cocoa bean.