"ob" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɒb/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ob.wav [Southern-England] Forms: obs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒb Etymology: From Latin ob, abbreviation of obolus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|ob-|ob}} Latin ob, {{m|la|obolus}} obolus Head templates: {{en-noun}} ob (plural obs)
  1. (historical) a halfpenny Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-ob-en-noun-h3UAZpxY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɒb/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ob.wav [Southern-England] Forms: obs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒb Etymology: Abbreviations. Head templates: {{en-noun}} ob (plural obs)
  1. (archaic) an objection Tags: archaic Coordinate_terms (objection): sol
    Sense id: en-ob-en-noun-nGbaa2S9 Disambiguation of 'objection': 98 1 1
  2. (genetics) the obese gene Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-ob-en-noun-O6hD9juO Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  3. (meteorology) observation Categories (topical): Meteorology
    Sense id: en-ob-en-noun-dyxpU4SL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 38 57 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 2 27 68 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ob-gyn (english: etymologically unrelated)
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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