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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Neb \Neb\ (n[e^]b), n. [AS. nebb head, face; akin to D. neb,
     Icel. nef, beak of a bird, nose, Dan. n[ae]b beak, bill, Sw.
     n["a]bb, n["a]f, and prob. also to D. sneb, snavel, bill,
     beak, G. schnabel, Dan. & Sw. snabel, and E. snap. Cf. Nib,
     Snap, Snaffle.]
     The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as
     of a pen. [Also written nib.] --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Neb \Neb\, n. [AS. nebb head, face; akin to D. neb, Icel. nef,
     beak of a bird, nose, Dan. n[ae]b beak, bill, Sw. n["a]bb,
     n["a]f, and prob. also to D. sneb, snavel, bill, beak, G.
     schnabel, Dan. & Sw. snabel, and E. snap. Cf. Nib, Snap,
     Snaffle.]
     The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as
     of a pen. [Also written nib.] --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  neb
       n 1: a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's
            head; especially the nose [syn: snout]
       2: horny projecting mouth of a bird [syn: beak, bill, nib,
           pecker]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  neb
     n.
     1 (lb en now dialectal) A bird's beak or bill.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A person's mouth.
     3 (lb en now dialectal) A person's nose.
     4 (lb en now dialectal) The peak of a flat cap.
     5 (lb en now dialectal) The nose or snout of an animal, now
  especially of a fish.
     6 (lb en now dialectal) A projecting extremity; a point or sharp
  projection.
     Translingual sym.
     (ISO 639: 2&3)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Neb.
     n.
     (abbreviation of en Nebraska)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  NEB
     n.
     1 (lb en astronomy) (initialism of en North Equatorial Band)
     2 (lb en UK historical) {initialism of|en|(w: National Enterprise
  Board)}

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  neb
     n.
     1 (lb en now dialectal) A bird's beak or bill.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A person's mouth.
     3 (lb en now dialectal) A person's nose.
     4 (lb en now dialectal) The peak of a flat cap.
     5 (lb en now dialectal) The nose or snout of an animal, now
  especially of a fish.
     6 (lb en now dialectal) A projecting extremity; a point or sharp
  projection.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Neb.
     n.
     (abbreviation of en Nebraska)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  NEB
     n.
     1 (lb en astronomy) (initialism of en North Equatorial Band)
     2 (lb en UK historical) {initialism of|en|(w: National Enterprise
  Board)}

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  neb
     n.
     1 (lb en now dialectal) A bird's beak or bill.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A person's mouth.
     3 (lb en now dialectal) A person's nose.
     4 (lb en now dialectal) The peak of a flat cap.
     5 (lb en now dialectal) The nose or snout of an animal, now
  especially of a fish.
     6 (lb en now dialectal) A projecting extremity; a point or sharp
  projection.
     Translingual sym.
     (ISO 639: 2&3)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Neb.
     n.
     (abbreviation of en Nebraska)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  NEB
     n.
     1 (lb en astronomy) (initialism of en North Equatorial Band)
     2 (lb en UK historical) {initialism of|en|(w: National Enterprise
  Board)}

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  neb
     n.
     1 (lb en now dialectal) A bird's beak or bill.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A person's mouth.
     3 (lb en now dialectal) A person's nose.
     4 (lb en now dialectal) The peak of a flat cap.
     5 (lb en now dialectal) The nose or snout of an animal, now
  especially of a fish.
     6 (lb en now dialectal) A projecting extremity; a point or sharp
  projection.
     Translingual sym.
     (ISO 639: 2&3)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Neb.
     n.
     (abbreviation of en Nebraska)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  NEB
     n.
     1 (lb en astronomy) (initialism of en North Equatorial Band)
     2 (lb en UK historical) {initialism of|en|(w: National Enterprise
  Board)}

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  neb
     Nederländska n.
     1 näbb
     2 näsa

From Breton-French FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.8.3 : [ freedict:bre-fra ]


  neb 
  quiconque