nabe
/ˈnɑbeɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Cagers Will Attend ‘Nabe’ Gym Smoker. Practically every basketball player in the city has promised to attend the benefit smoker at the Neighborhood House gym, Tenth and Galapago, Monday night."
- "“Biggest flopperoo of year, so far,” wrote Green “was the highly touted preeming of Biff Brown’s band at the Ritz, nabe dancery near Bridgeport.” … Glossary of Swing Words in this Chapter. … Nabe dancery: Neighborhood ballroom."
- "They picked an aging star, slapped together a moldy script, and sent the result out to the nabes."
Etymology
Clipping of neighborhood; compare hood. In attributive use, attested since 1922; in noun sense “neighborhood”, since 1942; in noun sense “neighborhood theater”, since 1933, originally in New York City.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: 鍋物