beak

beak

noun

Definition of BEAK

1

the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering <the bird cracked the walnut shell with its beak and ate its nut>

Synonyms bill, neb, nib

Related Words mouth; muzzle; mandible, maw, maxilla

2

the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity <the man's prominent beak gives him a somewhat aquiline appearance>

Synonyms beak, conk [chiefly British slang], honker [slang], neb, nozzle [slang], proboscis, schnoz (or schnozz) [slang], schnozzle [slang], smeller, snoot, snout

Related Words pug, pugnose

chiefly British

a public official having authority to decide questions of law <received a stiff sentence from one of the harshest beaks in all of London>

Synonyms adjudicator, beak [chiefly British], bench, court, jurist, justice, magistrate

Related Words chief justice, circuit judge, justice of the peace, squire; auditor, master; jurisconsult, jurisprudent