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NEB

abbr.

New English Bible

neb

(nĕb)

n. Chiefly British

a. A beak of a bird.

b. A nose or snout.

2. A projecting part, especially a nib.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

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neb

(nɛb)

1. (Clothing & Fashion) chiefly Scot and Northern English the peak of a cap

2. the beak of a bird or the nose or snout of an animal

3. a person's mouth or nose

4. the projecting part or end of anything

5. (Physical Geography)

a. a peak, esp in N England

b. a prominent gritstone overhang

[Old English nebb; related to Old Norse nef, Old High German snabul (German Schnabel)]

NEB

abbreviation for

1. (Bible) New English Bible

2. (Economics) (the former) National Enterprise Board

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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.

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Noun	1.	neb - a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose snout muzzle - forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose proboscis, trunk - a long flexible snout as of an elephant nose, 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, bill bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings cere - the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds mouth - 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"

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