fab

See also: Fab, FAB, and F.A.B.

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fæb/
  • Rhymes: -æb

Etymology 1

From fabulous, by shortening

Adjective

fab (comparative fabber, superlative fabbest)

  1. fabulous (great or spectacular). [1]
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From fabricate and its derived terms, by shortening

Noun

fab (plural fabs)

  1. A manufacturing plant which fabricates items, particularly silicon chips.
    The chip fab will double its production next year.
Synonyms

Verb

fab (third-person singular simple present fabs, present participle fabbing, simple past and past participle fabbed)

  1. fabricate, especially in the context of fabbers
    It uses digital data from a computer to “fab” products and models of new products.

References

  1. ↑ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 652 →ISBN

Anagrams

Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fab/

Noun

fab (plural fabs)

  1. fable

Declension

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vaːb/

Noun

fab m

  1. Soft mutation of mab.
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