nebs

noun

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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2
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nebs
  1. mouths
  2. noses
  3. beaks
  4. snouts
  5. bills
  6. nozzles
Noun
  • Several parody videos of people shoveling dessert into their mouths also circulated on social media.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2026
  • There was Nolan Ross Palmer, who swallowed flaming hot dogs whole during season 21, and the Human Fountains, who spit water into one another’s mouths in season 13.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of mouths
Noun
  • Machado, Daniela and Julia, Lew said, all had white foamy fluid coming out of their mouths and noses.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
  • With each trick and tactic, companies are reinventing the ripoff right under our noses.
    — Lindsay Owens, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of noses
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
Definition of beaks
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
Definition of snouts
Noun
  • The veto came on the last day Newsom could sign or reject bills that passed this year.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Homeowners shouldn’t get stuck with higher electricity bills while data centers get tax breaks.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of bills
Noun
  • These include propellant tanks, engine nozzles, nose cones, thermal payload fairings and advanced deployable solar arrays.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • There's no fan, no turbines, no drive shafts, no nothing except for nozzles for injecting fuel into the tube.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of nozzles
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“Nebs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nebs. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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