beak
A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking,…A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.
» Eagles have curved beaks.
Meaning
17 senses(countable, uncountable)A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.
Schnabel
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дзьобdzʹob
(countable, uncountable)A similar pointed structure forming the nose and mouth of various animals, such as turtles, platypuses, whales, etc.
beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
(countable, uncountable)The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
horny projecting mouth of a bird
(countable, uncountable)The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
(countable, uncountable)The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
(countable, uncountable)Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak, such as a promontory of land.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)A toe clip.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
Holonyms: bow, stem, forestem, prow, prore < ship < vessel
(broadly, countable, uncountable)A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy.
Holonyms: bow, stem, forestem, prow, prore < ship < vessel
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Libythea, notable for the beak-like elongation on their heads.
Examples
30 sentencesEagles have curved beaks.
Do all birds have beaks?
ruУ всех птиц есть клюв?
deHaben alle Vögel einen Schnabel?
Woodpeckers peck tree trunks with their long pointed beaks and eat insects found there.
Дятли продовбують стовбури дерев своїми довгими загостреними дзьобами і поїдають комах, яких знаходять там.
deSpechte bohren mit ihren langen, spitzen Schnäbeln Löcher in Baumstämme und fressen Insekten, die sie dort finden.
Small crows have the largest beaks.
deKleine Krähen haben die größten Schnäbel.
An eagle has a curved beak.
ruУ орла изогнутый клюв.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English bec, borrowed from Anglo-Norman bec, Old French bec, from Latin beccusFrom Middle English bec, borrowed from Anglo-Norman bec, Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Gaulish *bekkos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos (“beak, snout”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bak-, *baḱ- (“pointed stick, peg”). Cognate with Breton beg (“beak”). Compare Saterland Frisian Bäk (“mouth; muzzle; beak”); Dutch bek (“beak; bill; neb”).
Unknown; originally cant; first recorded in 17thC; probably related to obsolete cant beck "constable".
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Forms
plural: beaksSynonyms
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17 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable