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neb.

A bird's beak.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/nɛb/
  1. A bird's beak.

    dialectal
  2. A person's mouth.

    obsolete
  3. A person's nose.

    dialectal
  4. The peak of a flat cap.

    dialectal
  5. The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.

    dialectal
  6. A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.

    dialectal
  7. A nib, as of a pen.

    dialectal
Where this word 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/nɛb/
  1. Clipping of nebulizer.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping
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