neb
Plural: nebs
Noun
- A bird's beak or bill; also, a nose or tip.
- a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose
- horny projecting mouth of a bird
- 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.
Examples
- Playing NEB to hook an ’S’ was a clever move, like a bird pecking for worms.
Origin / 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.
Scrabble Score: 5
neb: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordneb: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
neb: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 7
neb: valid Words With Friends Word