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
  • So, the bad taste that’s left in their mouths are the issues that came with you from Houston on top of coming here to Cleveland.
    — Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • In a satiric short video, Rabid Dogs, 2002, for example, white-collar workers dress upas rapacious canines, clutching Burberry bags in their mouths and traversing cubicles on all fours.
    — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of mouths
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
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 district voluntarily rolled back its levy rate in 2023 when property tax bills spiked countywide during the troubled 2023 property tax assessment cycle.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The press conference was for the governor to sign a series of bills, including a literacy bill that provides training and support for educators, requires screening for dyslexia and other learning disabilities and mandates kindergarten attendance.
    — Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of bills
Noun
  • Jet impingement directs high-speed liquid at a hot surface through small nozzles.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
  • There was also an observed buildup around the nozzles on the backsplash portion of the juice dispenser.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of nozzles
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“Nebs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nebs. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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