lobe

/ləʊb/

lobe noun: any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form.

Noun

lobe (plural lobes)

Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form.
- A lobe of lava was crawling down the side of the volcano.
- He then broke the kola nut and threw one of the lobes on the ground for the ancestors.1958 June 17, Chinua Achebe, chapter 19, in Things Fall Apart, London: Heinemann, →OCLC
A clear division of an organ that can be determined at the gross anatomy level, especially one of the parts of the brain, liver or lung.
- The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are...2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847
(figure skating) A semicircular pattern left on the ice as the skater travels across it.

lobe meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

lobe in Hindi

लोब, लोबे, लॉब

lobe in Tamil

இதழ், காதுமடல், பிளவு, மடிப்பு, சோணை, மடல்

lobe in Marathi

लोबे, लोब

lobe in Urdu

گوشہ, کان کی لو, کونا, لختہ

More languagesFewer languages

lobe in Bengali: লতি, অংশ, খণ্ড, ফুসফুস
lobe in Telugu: లోబ్
lobe in Malayalam: കീഴ്ക്കാത്, ശരീരാവയവയങ്ങളുടെയോ ഗ്രന്ഥികളുടെയോ ഒരംശം, ഇലയുടെ ഒരു ഭാഗം
lobe in Kannada: ಹಲ್ಲೆ, ಹಾಲೆ
lobe in Punjabi: ਲੋਬੇ, ਲੌਬ, ਲੋਬ
lobe in Gujarati: લોબ, લોબે
lobe in Odia: ଲୋବ୍
lobe in Nepali: लोब, लोबे
lobe in Persian: لپ lap

Examples of lobe in a sentence

Although palmate leaves are typical of most Western maples, a number of species have leaves without lobes.
The projections to the frontal lobe that are damaged in schizophrenia originate in the ventral tegmental area.
Earless seals are probably more hydrodynamic without ear lobes.

All 40 example sentences with lobe

Forms of lobe

plural	lobes

Plural of lobe: lobes

Origin of lobe

From Middle French lobe in early 16th century, from New Latin lobus (“a lobe”), from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós, “the lobe of the ear or of the liver, the pod of a leguminous plant”).

Words formed from lobe

Phrases with lobe

Words that rhyme with lobe

2 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about lobe

What does lobe mean?: Lobe means any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form.
What is lobe in Hindi?: Lobe in Hindi is लोब, लोबे, लॉब. See Lobe meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is lobe?: Lobe is a noun.
How do you pronounce lobe?: Lobe is pronounced /ləʊb/.
What is the plural of lobe?: The plural of lobe is lobes.

Words near lobe in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: lobe (page history and authors); lobe (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lobe (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lobe (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lobe (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Lobe (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lobe (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lobe (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lobe (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lobe (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lobe (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lobe (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lobe (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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