neb

Pronunciation: /nɛb/

The English word “neb” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

A bird's beak.
A person's mouth.
A person's nose.
The peak of a flat cap.
The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
A nib, as of a pen.

Etymology

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

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