neb
noun
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
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neb
1 American
[neb]
/ nɛb /
noun
Scot.
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a bill or beak, as of a bird.
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the nose, especially of an animal.
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the tip or pointed end of anything.
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the nib of a pen.
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Obsolete. a person's mouth.
Neb.
2
American
abbreviation
neb
1
British
/ nɛb /
noun
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the peak of a cap
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the beak of a bird or the nose or snout of an animal
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a person's mouth or nose
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the projecting part or end of anything
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a peak, esp in N England
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a prominent gritstone overhang
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NEB
2
British
abbreviation
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New English Bible
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(the former) National Enterprise Board
Etymology
Origin of neb
before 900; Middle English nebbe, Old English nebb, cognate with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German nebbe, Old Norse nef. See nib
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Kennedy sprinkles in more idiomatic vocabulary — geg, neb, snatter, wheeker, pokes, marleys — to make her characters’ exchanges ring true.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2022
Here you can find neb noses and gum bands and people eating chipped ham.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 22, 2014
Three weeks ago his sensitive neb caught the scent of convoys.
From Time Magazine Archive
Physicians insisted on keeping the archiepiscopal neb in an ice pack all night.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I crave pardon, neb Goldsmith,” the boy mumbled, hastily returning a scoop or two of the black lumps into the bin.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
At a 2013 investor conference in Omaha, Neb., investor Doug Kass—who was short Berkshire stock—challenged Warren Buffett on the plan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
For his 14th birthday, he asked for a trip to Omaha, Neb., to attend Warren Buffett’s annual shareholder meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The company’s CEO, Tom Gayner, 64, is a longtime fan of Berkshire and told an audience in Omaha, Neb., before the Berkshire annual meeting recently that Markel has “studied the playbook.”
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
Washington, D.C. led the big cities, followed by Omaha, Neb., and Boston.
From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026
Eng. to N. shore of L. Erie, E. Neb., and south to the Gulf.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
NEB scientists first optimized the method using a well-studied model virus, Escherichia coli phage T7.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 21, 2026
"My lab builds 'weird hammers' and then looks for the right nails," said Greg Lohman, Senior Principal Investigator at NEB and co-author on the study.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 21, 2026
The community was concerned the seismic testing, which uses loud noises, would harm the marine life they depend on, a worry confirmed by the NEB.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2017
"The resumption of construction activities by Enbridge without a full assessment of damages would cause further detriment to property, safety of the public and the environment," the NEB said in its order.
From Reuters ● Jul. 25, 2014
To get needed capital, Sinclair agreed to cede control of his company to the NEB until his firm makes enough profit to pay back the agency.
From Time Magazine Archive
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