celeb

noun

ce·​leb sə-ˈleb How to pronounce celeb (audio)

Examples of celeb in a Sentence

a trendy restaurant much favored by Tinseltown celebs
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Who was your first celeb crush? Julie Jordan, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025 How to Make Marilyn Monroe’s Stuffing Monroe’s stuffing recipe, which was originally handwritten by the celeb herself on stationary and later shared in the 2012 book Fragments and in The New York Times, has a lengthy ingredient list. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2025 Harbour and Allen met in 2019 on the celeb dating site Raya. Theresa Braine, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025 Set beyond walls and gates on a hillside parcel spanning nearly half an acre, the celeb-pedigreed estate offers a total of six bedrooms and nine baths in roughly 8,400 square feet. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for celeb

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of celeb was in 1907

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“Celeb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/celeb. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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