Thesaurus results for BEAKS

beaks

noun

plural of beak

as in mandibles

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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as in noses

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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as in judges

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 beaks For instance, Puerto Rican anole lizards have developed longer limbs and larger toe pads for city life, and house finches show adapted beaks. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 The birds use their beaks to scoop up whatever comes their way. — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 25 June 2026 The birds unhinged their beaks as if to make a loud sound. — Literary Hub, 14 May 2026 These long, narrow flowers match the shape of the birds’ slender beaks and extendable tongues. — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 May 2026 Those beaks tell a clear story about how these animals fed. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026 The Giant Octopus Fossil That Unlocked Everything The discovery is based on giant octopus fossil evidence — specifically, fossilized beaks (jaws), which are the only hard parts of an octopus’s body and the only parts likely to survive over millions of years. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026 Rocks that could potentially be hiding the beaks were first embedded in resin to hold them together and then ground layer by layer with every individual slice photographed along the way. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Children of the players walked around with their mouths full of ice cream sandwiches and popsicles.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
Kittens especially use their mouths to investigate new textures and objects.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026

Definition of mouths

Noun

This is a sport in which bodies get crunched, ears, noses and faces get peppered, and matches can be won by an anaconda choke or a guillotine choke.

— Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
Some researchers have experimented with bionic noses and implants that pulse electrical signals into the olfactory system to try and restore smell.

— Hannah Docter-Loeb, Scientific American, 24 July 2026

Definition of noses

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The other bill proposed requiring alcohol, drug and mental wellness checks for all Kansas judges.

— Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
From Jeffrey’s team, Chloe’s remade dress, with an off-the-shoulder top and an awful mesh corset patch tied with a blue ribbon, is universally hated by the judges.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2026

Definition of judges

Noun

Their long, droopy tails would likely pull them downward and send their snouts bobbing up.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 15 July 2026
With their snouts, the pigs would feel each beat of my heart the way a human would feel a silver dollar that had been flipped in the air then caught in an open palm, flipped and caught, coming up heads or tails, whichever side had been called when the coin was at its apogee.

— Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026

Definition of snouts

Noun

This effect was exaggerated when rising talents with fervent new fanbases, like Alex Eala of the Philippines and João Fonseca of Brazil, took the courts.

— James Hansen, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Apple regularly publishes ecosystem studies as regulators and courts continue to scrutinize the App Store's rules.

— Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of courts

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Part of the new initiative is replacing some state waiting enclosures with fewer opaque panels, giving anyone at a station full view of what people on the shelter benches are doing.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026
Players from both benches continued to flock from the bullpen onto the field, and several players’ helmets were knocked off during the incident.

— Eleanor Jacobs, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026