Meaning

4 senses

  1. (historical)A halfpenny

  2. The obese gene

  3. Observation

  4. (archaic)An objection

More definitions
  • a major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea
  • the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah.

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  2. The river Ob, located in western Siberia, is Russia's longest river.

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Origin

From Latin ob, abbreviation of obolus. Abbreviations.

From Latin ob, abbreviation of obolus.

Abbreviations.

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Forms

plural: obs
Singularob
Pluralobs

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea:Ob River
  • the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother:obstetricstocologymidwifery

Word family

1 related words
Relatedob-gyn

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
oathB2oatmealobedienceB2obedientB2obediently
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