neb
pronunciation
How to pronounce neb in British English:
UK [neb]
How to pronounce neb in American English:
US [nɛb]
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- Noun:
- a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose
- horny projecting mouth of a bird
Word Origin
- neb (n.)
- "beak or bill of a bird," Old English nebb "beak, nose; face, countenance; beak-shaped thing," common Germanic (cognates: Old Norse nef "beak, nose," Middle Dutch nebbe "beak," Old High German snabul, German Schnabel "beak," Old Frisian snavel "mouth"), of uncertain origin.
Example
- 1. He has a runny neb , sneezing or a scratchy throat .
- 2. We got a bad headache , and my neb is streaming .
- 3. The pleasure ofharding on seeing his servant , and the joy of neb at finding his master , can scarcely be described .
- 4. Replied neb , " and if top had not found you , andbrought you here , I should have buried my master , and then have lain downon his grave to die ! "
- 5. So , as the series progresses , the ratio between successive numbers tends towards the neb ( golden ) proportion , to which western academia assigned the greek alphabet letter f.