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
Observed Phillips of his neb: "I am not ashamed."
From Time Magazine Archive
“I have finished, neb Sata,” murmured the boy.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Tyson earlier this year closed a Lexington, Neb., beef plant, one of the industry’s largest, and halved production at a Texas plant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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 15 Americans who may have been exposed to the Andes virus on a cruise ship will likely remain living in a quarantine center in Omaha, Neb., until the middle of June.
From MarketWatch ● May 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
The following year they moved to Pierce county, Neb., where Mr. Benjamin purchased and for ten years managed a large ranch.
The development of this rapid synthetic phage engineering system grew out of close collaboration between NEB scientists and bacteriophage researchers at Yale University.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 21, 2026
NEB researchers had spent years refining Golden Gate Assembly so it could reliably handle large DNA targets made from many fragments.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 21, 2026
The NEB launched its reconsideration hearings on 19 November.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2018
There is no date yet for when the review is to begin, a spokeswoman for the NEB said.
From Reuters ● Jul. 30, 2010
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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