Definition of nebnext
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as in mouth
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 nose
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
  • Phenomenal world-of-mouth is more than making up for generally lousy reviews (its Rotten Tomatoes critics score is 40 percent).
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Flint joined the scoring party in the 32nd minute with a header off her own miss from a tight angle on the left of the goal mouth.
    Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Instead, the Broncos were left with their noses against the windowpane, two wins shy of the most improbable season in franchise history.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
  • No more trying to scale castle walls, no more nose-drops of death from sub-2-inch-tall curbs, and thankfully, no more push notifications asking for help.
    Joe Salas April 25, New Atlas, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Speculation immediately followed surrounding what caused their beak-up, including that Keoghan was unfaithful.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • During jousts, Bruce targets the head, wings, beak and legs of his opponents in close contact without making physical contact with them.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Video shows officers cautiously approaching the alligator before grabbing it by the snout and taping its mouth shut to secure it.
    Sergio Candido, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Birdo is the pink Yoshi-looking dinosaur who can fire eggs from her snout, while Mouser is the giant bomb-throwing mouse with sunglasses.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • By March, crews found the mandible of an adult man, followed within days by the ribs of a young adult.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
  • His fingers splayed and writhed like a terrible mandible.
    Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • As of last week, nearly 2,900 second installment bills that were supposed to go out last November were still unsent — including the bungalow Brooks has owned since 1982.
    A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The age-attestation bill cleared its first House committee Thursday, setting it up for consideration by the full House in the coming weeks.
    Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
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“Neb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neb. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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