neb

¹ American  

[neb] / nɛb /

noun

Scot.

1. a bill or beak, as of a bird.

2. the nose, especially of an animal.

3. the tip or pointed end of anything.

4. the nib of a pen.

5. Obsolete. a person's mouth.

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Neb. ² American  

abbreviation

1. Nebraska.

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neb ¹ British  

/ nɛb /

noun

1. the peak of a cap

2. the beak of a bird or the nose or snout of an animal

3. a person's mouth or nose

4. the projecting part or end of anything

5. 1. a peak, esp in N England

   2. a prominent gritstone overhang

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NEB ² British  

abbreviation

1. New English Bible

2. (the former) National Enterprise Board

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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

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

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