nebs

plural of neb
1
as in mouths
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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as in noses
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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Noun
  • Amazon‘s Prime Video is promising to make English-language dubs look more natural by using AI to sync up the way the actors’ mouths move on screen.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The Mafia guy's methods — smashing skulls, breaking bones with a baseball bat, putting guns into mouths — stun his partner.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Now the smell has gone, unforgotten by elderly noses but irretrievably extinct.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Machines meant to begin giving the shells perfectly smooth noses would, instead, mangle them into swirls that looked like soft-serve ice cream.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The eagles fuss obsessively with their habitat, waddling around on their huge, scaly reptilian feet, moving sticks to and fro with their bony beaks.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
  • One suggestion is to get a plastic keyboard cover to keep their beaks away from the keys themselves (although, as many in the thread also point out, parrots are smart enough to just take that cover off to get to the sweet, sweet keys underneath).
    John Higgins, The Verge, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The species is distinguished by relatively large ears and broad snouts covered with fine hairs.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Halligan said breeds with short snouts like Bulldogs, Bullmastiffs and Pekingese pups are at greater risk, so are overweight animals and dogs with dark fur.
    Kara Finnstrom, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Republicans and Democrats alike have faced anger from voters anxious about the impact a data center built in their community will have on utility bills, property values, and quality of life.
    Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2026
  • The two measures were among 13 bills Newsom enacted as a package designed to safeguard young people from technology seen as putting them at risk, including greater online privacy protection for minors.
    Reuters, NBC news, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Beyond color efficiency, those four discrete nozzles can also operate in parallel.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Jet impingement directs high-speed liquid at a hot surface through small nozzles.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
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“Nebs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nebs. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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