- chiefly Scot Northern English the peak of a cap
- the beak of a bird or the nose or snout of an animal
- the projecting part or end of anything
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neb
(neb),USA pronunciation n. [Scot.]
Neb.,
- Scottish Termsa bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Scottish Termsthe nose, esp. of an animal.
- Scottish Termsthe tip or pointed end of anything.
- Scottish Termsthe nib of a pen.
- Scottish Terms[Obs.]a person's mouth.
- Middle English nebbe, Old English nebb, cognate with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German nebbe, Old Norse nef. See nib bef. 900
Neb.,
- Place NamesNebraska.
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neb /nɛb/ n archaic or dialect
Neb.,
an abbreviation of:
- Place NamesNebraska.
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NEB abbreviation for
- New English Bible
- (the former) National Enterprise Board
'neb' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
National Enterprise Board
- nib
- nibble
- nipple
- absorption nebula
- beak
- Council Bluffs
- Crab Nebula
- dark nebula
- diffuse nebula
- Dumbbell nebula
- emission nebula
- extragalactic nebula
- galactic nebula
- Great Nebula of Orion
- Horsehead Nebula
- nebbish
- Nebraska
- nebula
- nebular hypothesis
- nebulize
- nebulous
- Orion Nebula
- planetary nebula
- quasi-nebulous
- reflection nebula
- Ring Nebula
- spiral nebula