neb

noun

ˈneb How to pronounce neb (audio)
Definition of nebnext
1
as in mouth
the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering the cardinal has a black face and a noticeable bright red neb

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2
as in nose
the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity with her round glasses perched on her small neb, the librarian certainly presents an owlish appearance

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  1. mouth
  2. nose
  3. beak
  4. snout
  5. mandible
  6. bill
Noun
  • The bourbon is smooth and sweet with a noticeable viscosity and mouth weight on the palate.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • People can spread bacteria or virus from their mouth or nose and then shake someone’s hand or touch a surface, leaving a pathogen behind.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of mouth
Noun
  • Fishing for microbes For years, Irene Salinas has been fascinated by a simple physiological fact: The distance between the nose and the brain is quite small.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
  • But Tommy has a nose… so maybe that gave him the edge.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of nose
Noun
  • Just having that mentality of coming out fast, not getting our beaks wet.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Her cake looks kind of like an old boot with a pencil for a beak.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
Definition of beak
Noun
  • An apple was cut into segments and placed into a bowl of water, and Delilah was supposed to bob her snout in and pick out the pieces of fruit for a tasty snack.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
  • More than 58,000 fans follow an Instagram account that shares snapshots of 399’s life — ambling through the grass with her babies, bathing with them, emerging from hibernation with snow speckled on her snout.
    Leslie Katz, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of snout
Noun
  • The team identified the genomic variation by extracting DNA from the Well-man’s mandible, the lower part of the jaw.
    Hannah Peart, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
  • There were 451 bones at the site, and some of these included mandibles with molars, which are good at preserving relatively intact DNA.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of mandible
Noun
  • In 2022, Biden signed a bill that prohibited the use of TikTok on government devices.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Plus, boosted by key ballot-box victories in November, Gov. Greg Abbott has vowed to pass a voucher bill next year, which would provide public funding for private school tuition, likely further pinching school budgets.
    Asher Price, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of bill
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“Neb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neb. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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