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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun neb has 2 senses
- neb(n = noun.animal) snout - a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose; Array is a part of muzzle
- neb(n = noun.animal) beak, bill, nib, pecker - horny projecting mouth of a bird; Array is a part of bird
has particulars: proboscis, trunk
is a kind of nose, olfactory organ
has particulars: cere
is a kind of mouth
CIDE DICTIONARY
neb, n. [AS. nebb head, face; akin to D. neb, Icel. nef, beak of a bird, nose, Dan. næb beak, bill, Sw. näbb, näf, and prob. also to D. sneb, snavel, bill, beak, G. schnabel, Dan. & Sw. snabel, and E. snap. Cf. Nib, Snap, Snaffle.].
The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as of a pen. Shak. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
neb, abbr.
1 (in the UK) National Enterprise Board.
2 New English Bible.
1 (in the UK) National Enterprise Board.
2 New English Bible.
neb, n. Sc. & N.Engl.
1 a beak or bill.
2 a nose; a snout.
3 a tip, spout, or point.
1 a beak or bill.
2 a nose; a snout.
3 a tip, spout, or point.
Etymology
OE nebb ult. f. Gmc: cf. NIB
THESAURUS
neb
aculeus, acumination, antlia, auger, beak, beezer, bill, bit, borer, bugle, conk, cusp, drill, mucro, muffle, muzzle, nares, needle, nib, nose, nostrils, nozzle, olfactory organ, pecker, point, prick, prickle, proboscis, rhinarium, rostrum, schnozzle, smeller, snoot, snout, sting, tip, trunkROGET THESAURUS
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Convexity
N convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion, camber, cahot, thank-ye-ma'am, swell, intumescence, tumour, tumor, tubercle, tuberosity, excrescence, hump, hunch, bunch, boss, embossment, hub, hubble, tooth, knob, elbow, process, apophysis, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump, sugar loaf, bow, mamelon, molar, belly, corporation, pot belly, gut, withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange, pimple, zit, wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain, boil, airbubble, blob, papule, verruca, papilla, nipple, teat, tit, titty, boob, knocker, pap, breast, dug, mammilla, proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz, peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag, cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves, pilaster, relief, relievo, cameo, bassorilievo, mezzorilevo, altorivievo, low relief, bas relief, high relief, hill, cape, promontory, mull, forehead, foreland, point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur, naze, ness, convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting, bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy, clavate, clavated, claviform, hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform, papulous, papilose, hemispheric, bulbous, bowed, arched, bold, bellied, tuberous, tuberculous, tumous, cornute, odontoid, lentiform, lenticular, gibbous, club shaped, hubby, hubbly, knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate, torose, ventricose, verrucose, salient, in relief, raised, repousse, bloated, (expanded).
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