Definition of "nabe" in English

noun

1. Neighborhood.

   • Cagers Will Attend ‘Nabe’ Gym Smoker. Practically every basketball player in the city has promised to attend the benefit smoker at the Neighborhood House gym, Tenth and Galapago, Monday night.
   • “Biggest flopperoo of year, so far,” wrote Green “was the highly touted preeming of Biff Brown’s band at the Ritz, nabe dancery near Bridgeport.” … Glossary of Swing Words in this Chapter. … Nabe dancery: Neighborhood ballroom.

2. (frequently in the plural) Neighborhood theater, neighborhood cinema.

   • They picked an aging star, slapped together a moldy script, and sent the result out to the nabes.

noun

1. A Japanese hot pot dish.