ibis
noun
Simple meaning
Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
eyebuhsSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈaɪbəs
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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noun
Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans.
photography
Initialism of in-body image stabilization, in which stabilization mechanisms are built into the camera (phone) body rather than the lens.
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This meaning: Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
Used this way, ibis is a reasonably familiar word with a mildly favourable edge. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Slightly positive
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Positive and appreciative
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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More ways to use ibis
- “We spotted a large ibis wading in the shallow water.”noun
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