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NEB

abbr. New English Bible

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neb

N0042300 (nĕb)n. Chiefly British 1. a. A beak of a bird.b. A nose or snout.2. A projecting part, especially a nib.

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[Middle English, from Old English.]

neb

(nɛb) n1. (Clothing & Fashion) chiefly Scot and Northern English the peak of a cap2. the beak of a bird or the nose or snout of an animal3. a person's mouth or nose4. the projecting part or end of anything5. (Physical Geography) a. a peak, esp in N Englandb. a prominent gritstone overhang[Old English nebb; related to Old Norse nef, Old High German snabul (German Schnabel)]

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NEB

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

neb

(nɛb)

n. nib (def. 3). [before 900; Middle English nebbe, Old English nebb, c. Middle Dutch, Middle Low German nebbe, Old Norse nef. compare nib]

Neb.

Nebraska.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	neb - a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nosesnoutmuzzle - forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and noseproboscis, trunk - a long flexible snout as of an elephantnose, olfactory organ - the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose"
	2.	neb - horny projecting mouth of a bird beak, nib, pecker, billbird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingscere - the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birdsmouth - the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening; "she wiped lipstick from her mouth"