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neb¹

  • /nɛb/

Rhymes with -ɛb

Where it comes from

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.

noun nebs · nib

  1. dialectal A bird's beak.

    Similar: bill, pecker

  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.

neb²

  • /nɛb/

Rhymes with -ɛb

noun nebs

  1. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of nebulizer […] the standard nebulizer treatment is withheld from the child. […] Other physicians and nurses not associated with the hospital told me […] "the child either needs a neb or doesn't need a neb."

NEB³

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of North Equatorial Band
  2. UK, abbreviation, historical, initialism Initialism of National Enterprise Board
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of New English Bible

Neb⁴

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Nebraska

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@misc{neb_2026,
  title = {neb},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/neb},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}