neb

See also NEB

English

Etymology

Old English nebb (“beak, nose, face”), from Proto-Germanic. Cognate with Danish næb, Dutch neb, German Schnabel, Old Norse nef, Swedish näbb, Swedish regional näv.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɛb/
• Rhymes: -ɛb

Noun

neb (plural nebs)

1. (now dialectal) A bird's beak or bill.
2. (obsolete) A person's mouth.
3. (now dialectal) A person's nose.
4. (now dialectal) The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
5. (now dialectal) A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
   • 1658, In Acorns the nebb dilating splitteth the two sides, which sometimes lye whole, when the Oak is sproated two handfuls. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 183)
6. (now dialectal) A nib, as of a pen.

Derived terms

• nebby (Geordie)

References

• neb in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “neb” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4[2]
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165

Anagrams

• ben , Ben
• EbN
• NbE

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Czech

Conjunction

neb

1. (archaic) or
2. (literary) because, as, since

Synonyms

• protože
• jelikož
• poněvadž
• neboť

Related terms

• aneb

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Lojban

Rafsi

neb

1. rafsi of cnebo.