Neb

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nÉ›b/
• Rhymes: -É›b

Origin

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.

Full definition of neb

Noun

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

Anagrams

• ben , Ben
• EbN
• NbE