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neb - What does it mean?

Definition of 'neb'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (now dialectal) A bird's beak or bill.
  • (obsolete) A person's mouth.
  • (now dialectal) A person's nose.
  • (now dialectal) The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
  • (now dialectal) A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
  • * 1658', In Acorns the '''nebb dilating splitteth the two sides, which sometimes lye whole, when the Oak is sproated two handfuls. — Sir Thomas Browne, ''The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 183)
  • (now dialectal) A nib, as of a pen.
  • Derived terms

    * nebby (Geordie)

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    Similar to 'neb'

    nab, nib, nob, noob, nb, newb, nub, neeb