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neb

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Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
7
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/nɛb/

Definition of neb

11 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (dialectal)A bird's beak.
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noun

  1. (dialectal)A bird's beak.
  2. (obsolete)A person's mouth.
  3. (dialectal)A person's nose.
  4. (dialectal)The peak of a flat cap.
  5. (dialectal)The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
  6. (dialectal)A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
    “In Acorns the nebb dilating splitteth the two sides, which sometimes lye whole, when the Oak is sproated two handfuls.”
  7. (dialectal)A nib, as of a pen.

name

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of North Equatorial Band.
  2. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism)Initialism of National Enterprise Board.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of New English Bible.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of Nebraska.

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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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