Neb.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

同意語

• NE

アナグラム

• Ben, EbN, NbE, ben

語源

From 中期英語 neb, from 古期英語 nebb (“beak, nose, face”), from Proto-Germanic *nabją (“beak, nose”). Cognate with Danish næb, Dutch neb, German Schnabel, Old Norse nef, Swedish näbb, Swedish regional näv.

発音

• IPA: /nɛb/
• 韻: -ɛb

名詞

neb (plural nebs)

1. (now dialectal) A bird's beak.

   Alternative form: nib

   Synonyms: bill, pecker

2. (obsolete) A person's mouth.
3. (now dialectal) A person's nose.
4. (now dialectal) The peak of a flat cap.
5. (now dialectal) The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
6. (now dialectal) A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
   • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 183:

     In Acorns the nebb dilating splitteth the two sides, which sometimes lye whole, when the Oak is sproated two handfuls.

7. (now dialectal) A nib, as of a pen.

派生語

• nebby, nebbie (Geordie, US)

関連する語

• nib
• nipple

参考

参照

• “neb”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “neb”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “neb”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN.

アナグラム

• Ben, EbN, NbE, ben