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Spectacular is a related term of fab.


As an adjective spectacular

is amazing or worthy of special notice.

As a noun spectacular

is a spectacular display.

As an abbreviation fab is

(brazilian air force).

spectacular

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Amazing or worthy of special notice
    • The parachutists were spectacular .
  • (dated) Related to, or having the character of, a spectacle or entertainment
    • the merely spectacular
  • * G. Hickes
    • Spectacular sports.
  • * {{quote-news, 1910, August 21, Andre Tridon, Europe Flirts with Argentina to Win Her Rich Trade, The New York Times citation
    • , passage=Those apparently insignificant events which really make history are seldom featured in the press; the merely spectacular too frequently crowds the essential out of the public sheets.}}
  • Relating to spectacles, or glasses for the eyes.

    • Derived terms

    * spectacularly * unspectacular

    Related terms

    * spectacle * species * speculate

    External links

    * *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A spectacular display.
  • * 2010 , "Under the volcano", The Economist , 16 Oct 2010:
    • Though business has more or less held up so far, a series of drug-related spectaculars sparked an exodus of the city's upper class this summer.

    fab

    English

    Etymology 1

    From , by shortening

    Adjective

    (fabber)
  • fabulous (great or spectacular). The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 652 (ISBN 0-395-44895-6)
    • Derived terms
    * fabby

    Etymology 2

    From and its derived terms, by shortening

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A manufacturing plant which fabricates items, particularly silicon chips.
    • Hundreds were put out of work when the chip fab shut down.
    Synonyms
    * fabber

    Verb

    (fabb)
  • fabricate, especially in the context of fabbers
    • It uses digital data from a computer to “fab ” products and models of new products. [http://www.ennex.com/~fabbers/publish/FAB-ulous.asp]
    Related terms
    * fabber * fabless * pre-fab

    References

    Anagrams

    * English clippings ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (vo-noun)
  • fable

    • Declension

    (vo-decl-noun) ----