nnoun.substancea soft grey ductile metallic element used in alloys; occurs in niobite; formerly called columbiumSynset:Nb atomic number 41 niobium
Substance Holonyms:columbite niobite
Hypernyms:metal metallic element
Inherited Hypernyms:niobiummetallic elementchemical elementsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:niobiummetallic elementchemical elementsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:columbium
nnoun.communicationa Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to somethingSynset:N.B. NB nota bene
Examples:- the margins of his book were generously supplied with pencilled NBs
Hypernyms:annotation notation note
Inherited Hypernyms:nota benenotecommentstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity