nbsp
nbsp is the initialism of non-breaking space.
Meaning of non-breaking space
Noun
non-breaking space (plural non-breaking spaces)
- A variant of the space character that prevents text from wrapping onto the next line at that point.
- Synonyms:
- NBSP, no-break space, hard space
Noun capitalized: NBSP
NBSP (plural NBSPs)
- Alternative form of nbsp.
- > I get the feeling that when you use the phrase "corporate criminals",
> it's not actually a phrase, but a word that just happens to have a
> NBSP in the middle.2003 January 26, Ed Dravecky III, “Nestle Boycott”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet) - (There was probably a bug before where an NBSP in Unicode text was treated as part of a word.)2007 June 12, bugzilla-daemon@mozilla.org, “superreview requested: [Bug 383542] Odd text selection behavior with new textframe”, in mozilla.dev.super-review (Usenet)
- > I get the feeling that when you use the phrase "corporate criminals",
Forms of nbsp
| plural | nbsps |
|---|---|
| alternative form | NBSP |
| plural | NBSPs |
Questions about nbsp
- What is nbsp the initialism of?
- Nbsp is the initialism of non-breaking space.
- What part of speech is nbsp?
- Nbsp is a noun.
- What is the plural of nbsp?
- The plural of nbsp is nbsps.
Words near nbsp in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nbsp (page history and authors); NBSP (page history and authors); non-breaking space (page history and authors). 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.
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