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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope