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nabe¹

  • /neɪb/

Rhymes with -eɪb

Where it comes from

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.

noun nabes

  1. slang Neighborhood. 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.
  2. slang Neighborhood theater, neighborhood cinema. They picked an aging star, slapped together a moldy script, and sent the result out to the nabes.

nabe²

  • /ˈnɑbeɪ/

Where it comes from

Clipping of nabemono, from Japanese 鍋物.

noun

  1. slang, uncountable A Japanese hot pot dish.

    Similar: nabemono

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@misc{nabe_2026,
  title = {nabe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nabe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}