"nib pen" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: nib pens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nib pen (plural nib pens)
  1. A pen, usually a fountain pen, but formerly often a dip pen, in which the ink flows through a narrow gap in a nib, usually metal, by capillary action. Coordinate_terms: fountain pen, stylographic pen, ballpoint pen, gel pen
    Sense id: en-nib_pen-en-noun-shK5G0pO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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