neb
noun
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
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
Example Sentences
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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
Money Talks Yam-nosed, publicity-wise Jimmy Durante let it be known that he was insuring his neb for $50,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I crave pardon; neb Goldsmith, for coming late. I could not help it. I—I carried an offering to my father’s tomb.”
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Tyson Foods in January closed one of its largest beef processing plants in Lexington, Neb., that could kill about 5,000 cattle a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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
Shamieh is a familiar figure within the insurance world, even though many Berkshire shareholders might have had trouble picking him out of the crowds at the company’s annual meeting in Omaha, Neb., last weekend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
A new report by job site Glassdoor and housing site Redfin ranks Washington, D.C., as the top big city for new college grads this year, followed by Omaha, Neb., and Boston.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026
In 1879 Sidney, Neb., was a hell-hole, filled with the most desperate toughs come to prey upon overland travellers to and from the Black Hills.
From The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Edgar Beecher Bronson
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 NEB launched its reconsideration hearings on 19 November.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2018
Enbridge will not be allowed to resume work on the pipeline until the NEB judges the problems have been resolved.
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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