neb

UK: /nɛb/ US: (neb)

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neb  (neb), n. [Scot.]

1. Scottish Terms a bill or beak, as of a bird.
2. Scottish Terms the nose, esp. of an animal.
3. Scottish Terms the tip or pointed end of anything.
4. Scottish Terms the nib of a pen.
5. 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., 

1. Place Names Nebraska.

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neb / nɛb/ noun

1. the peak of a cap
2. the beak of a bird or the nose or snout of an animal
3. the projecting part or end of anything

Etymology: Old English nebb; related to Old Norse nef, Old High German snabul (German Schnabel)

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Neb.,  an abbreviation of:

1. Place Names Nebraska.

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NEB abbreviation

1. New English Bible
2. (the former) National Enterprise Board