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
Observed Phillips of his neb: "I am not ashamed."
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
“Weigh it? I have nothing but the sweep here, neb Goldsmith.”
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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