Associations to the word «Neb»

Pictures for the word «Neb»

Wiktionary

NEB, noun. (now dialectal) A bird's beak or bill.
NEB, noun. (obsolete) A person's mouth.
NEB, noun. (now dialectal) A person's nose.
NEB, noun. (now dialectal) The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
NEB, noun. (now dialectal) A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
NEB, noun. (now dialectal) A nib, as of a pen.

Dictionary definition

NEB, noun. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose.
NEB, noun. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats