NEB

NEB

abbr.

New English Bible

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neb  (nb)

n.

1.

a. A beak of a bird.

b. A nose; a snout.

2. A projecting part, especially a nib.

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[Middle English, from Old English.]

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neb [nɛb]

n Archaic or dialect

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. (Earth Sciences / 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)]

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NEB

abbreviation for

1. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) New English Bible

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

Thesaurus

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"