beak

1
as in mouth
the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering the bird cracked the walnut shell with its beak and ate its nut

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2
as in snout
the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity the man's prominent beak gives him a somewhat aquiline appearance

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3
as in judge
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

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Recent Examples of beak According to the study, their skull includes a rigid beak, a flexible hyoid bone wrapping around the skull, and a layer of spongy bone between the hyoid and skull bone. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025 When angry or threatened, the owls make a rapid clicking sound with their beaks. Joan Morris, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025 The bite landed on Dottie's wattle, the fleshy red tissue hanging from a chicken's beak that helps regulate body temperature. Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025 The ≠ sign from the pink group makes its tiny little beak. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for beak
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Noun
  • Good flavor knows no boundaries, and Charlotte’s restaurants featuring authentic Hispanic and Latin American cuisine will make your mouth water.
    Loán Lake, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Also, keep it out of eyes, noses, and mouths.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ten minutes before kickoff on the first Friday in October, the giant inflatable tunnel sags and the giant inflatable panther perched atop it is just about snout-to-turf.
    Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • How To Identify Moles Moles are small with black or gray fur, a hairless snout, short tails, and front paws that look like shovels.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The complaint asked the judge to order officials to reinstate the removed books and to bar Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and DoDEA Director Beth Schiavino-Narvaez from ordering further removals from school libraries and curriculum.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The latest federal judge has allowed troops from Texas to remain in Illinois, but said they can't be deployed in Chicago.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Before, actors would in be suits and the actor would wear a giant mask so the Predator's mandibles and jaws were controlled by filmmakers.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 July 2025
  • Brawnier females with powerful mandibles act as bodyguards, protecting the colony from intruders.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • Center John Michael Schmitz was playing well before leaving early in the second half with a concussion after Eagles linebacker Jihaad Campbell’s elbow got through his face mask and hit him in the bridge of the nose.
    Dan Duggan, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Wilson, 29, was sitting on the ground, petting the two pups, when suddenly the Boerboel lunged and latched onto her nose.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Bilodeau was arrested Tuesday and arraigned in a Nassau County court Wednesday morning.
    Lauren del Valle, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Still, Mazzulla has let his new guard hear about his mistakes on that end of the court.
    Jay King, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But Duane’s grip on the rifle was so tight that the muzzle stayed jammed under the bear’s chin.
    Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The intermittent pops of muzzle fire are drowned out as tank treads grind the asphalt down Washington Street toward the East River waterfront, where a 100-year-old carousel lays in ruin.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The 6-foot-7, 255-pound Zadorov plowed into Power with enough muscle to send the defenseman tumbling into Joonas Korpisalo’s lap on the Bruins bench.
    Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The ensemble is a deep bench, with Kirsten Dunst, Peter Dinklage, LaKeith Stanfield, Ben Mendelsohn and Uzo Aduba.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Beak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beak. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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