What does libby mean?

libby means "United States chemist who developed a method of radiocarbon dating (1908-1980)".

How many syllables are in libby?

libby has 2 syllables: lib-by. The stress falls on "lib". In IPA it is /ˈlɪˌbi/.

What is another word for libby?

Close synonyms include Willard Frank Libby. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is libby a common word?

libby is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with libby?

14 words rhyme with libby. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

libby — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
United States chemist who developed a method of radiocarbon dating (1908-1980)
SynonymsWillard Frank Libby
Broaderchemist

Other forms of libby

plural: libbies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

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What does libby mean?: libby means "United States chemist who developed a method of radiocarbon dating (1908-1980)".

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