ob

ob is a 2-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A prefix signifying to, toward, before, against, reversely, etc.; also, as a simple intensive; as in oblige, to bind to; obstacle, something standing before; object, lit., to throw against; obovate, reversely, ovate. Ob- is commonly assimilated before c, f, g, and p, to oc-, of-, og-, and op-. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

2 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. A prefix signifying to, toward, before, against, reversely, etc.; also, as a simple intensive; as in oblige, to bind to; obstacle, something standing before; object, lit., to throw against; obovate, reversely, ovate. Ob- is commonly assimilated before c, f, g, and p, to oc-, of-, og-, and op-.
2. noun. the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother

   Synonyms: midwifery, obstetrics, tocology

3. noun. a major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea

Synonyms

midwifery, obstetrics, tocology

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ob:

bo

Common word forms

obs, obes

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