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tobe

/təʊb/

tobe noun: a cotton garment worn in parts of northern Africa.

Noun

tobe (plural tobes)

  1. A cotton garment worn in parts of northern Africa.
    • It consists, for men and women alike, of a ‘tobe,’ or straight piece of cotton cloth (printed, or white with a crimson border), two breadths wide, and some twelve feet long, draped in graceful folds about the body, and fastened on the left shoulder.1889, Edinburgh Review, page 391
    • She loved travelling to Egypt, and how she didn’t have to wear a tobe in Cairo.2010, Leila Aboulela, Lyrics Alley, page 4

Proper noun capitalized: Tobe

Tobe

  1. A male given name, diminutive of Toby.

Forms of tobe

pluraltobes

Phrases with tobe

Questions about tobe

What does tobe mean?
Tobe means a cotton garment worn in parts of northern Africa.
What part of speech is tobe?
Tobe can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce tobe?
Tobe is pronounced /təʊb/.
What is the plural of tobe?
The plural of tobe is tobes.

Words near tobe in the dictionary

  1. tobanjan
  2. Tobar
  3. Tobars
  4. Tobati
  5. Tobbat
  6. tobe
  7. tobeat
  8. tobeaten
  9. tobeating
  10. tobeats
  11. tobelija

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