Nobel

[ noh-bel ]

noun
  1. Al·fred Bern·hard [ahl-fred ber-nahrd], /ˈɑl frɛd ˈbɛr nɑrd/, 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist: founding benefactor of the Nobel Prizes.

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How to use Nobel in a sentence

  • Finsen was given the Nobel prize partly for re-discovery of this.

  • In the same year Nobel contributed another of his notable inventions, and called it dynamite.

    Invention | Bradley A. Fiske
  • No wonder Kipling got the Nobel prize for idealistic literature.

    Major Prophets of To-Day | Edwin E. Slosson
  • So Ostwald, having won the Nobel chemistry prize in 1909, is in a fair way to become in time eligible for the Nobel peace prize.

    Major Prophets of To-Day | Edwin E. Slosson
  • Ostwald devoted the $40,000 he got from the Nobel Fund to the attempt to introduce a new language, Ido.

    Major Prophets of To-Day | Edwin E. Slosson

British Dictionary definitions for Nobel

Nobel

/ (nəʊˈbɛl) /


noun
  1. Alfred Bernhard (ˈalfreːd ˈbæːrnhard). 1833–96, Swedish chemist and philanthropist, noted for his invention of dynamite (1866) and his bequest founding the Nobel prizes

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