Neb

//nɛb// name, noun

name, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bird's beak. dialectal
  2. 2
    horny projecting mouth of a bird wordnet
  3. 3
    A person's mouth. obsolete
  4. 4
    a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose wordnet
  5. 5
    A person's nose. dialectal
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  1. 6
    The peak of a flat cap. dialectal
  2. 7
    The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish. dialectal
  3. 8
    A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection. dialectal

    "In Acorns the nebb dilating splitteth the two sides, which sometimes lye whole, when the Oak is sproated two handfuls."

  4. 9
    A nib, as of a pen. dialectal
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of North Equatorial Band. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of Nebraska. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    Initialism of National Enterprise Board. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
  4. 4
    Initialism of New English Bible. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

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beakbillpeckersnoutaculeusacumination

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"Then, as it was necessary to let the smoking mass cool, Neb and Pencroff, directed by Mr. Smith, brought, on a hurdle made of branches, numerous loads of limestone which they found scattered in abundance to the north of the lake."

Etymology

From Middle English neb, from Old English nebb (“beak, nose, face”), from Proto-Germanic *nabją (“beak, nose”). Cognate with Danish næb, Dutch neb, German Schnabel, Old Norse nef, Swedish näbb, Swedish regional näv.

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