Definition:
- (n.) The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds.
- (n.) A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles.
- (n.) The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
- (n.) The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
- (n.) The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
- (n.) Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land.
- (n.) A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.
- (n.) That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
- (n.) A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
- (n.) Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
- (n.) A toe clip. See Clip, n. (Far.).
- (n.) A magistrate or policeman.
Compare beak with other words:
beak vs. bleak
beak vs. bean
beak vs. beam
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beak vs. beal
beak vs. leak
beak vs. seak
beak vs. belk
beak vs. reak
beak vs. peak
bead vs. beak
beak vs. beau
beak vs. weak
beak vs. break
beak vs. bear
beak vs. beat
beak vs. fragment
beak vs. snout
beak vs. deltidium
beak vs. rostelliform
beak vs. gnathotheca
beak vs. rhamphotheca
beak vs. rostrate
beak vs. curvirostral
beak vs. rhinotheca
beak vs. lunule
beak vs. brevirostral
beak vs. coronoid
beak vs. proboscis
beak vs. beaked
allerion vs. beak
beak vs. nib
beak vs. roller
beak vs. nare
beak vs. cope
beak vs. gill
beak vs. heads
beak vs. toucan
beak vs. neb
beak vs. sifter
beak vs. puffin
beak vs. preen
beak vs. schnozzle
beak vs. fillet
arris vs. beak
beak vs. forecastle
beak vs. beakhead
beak vs. promontory
beak vs. nose
beak vs. pointed
beak vs. headmaster
beak vs. magistrate
beak vs. galley
beak vs. ram
beak vs. bow
beak vs. war
beak vs. point
beak vs. metal
beak vs. univalve
beak vs. canal
beak vs. prolongation
beak vs. bivalve
beak vs. hemiptera
beak vs. invertebrate
beak vs. insect
beak vs. turtle
beak vs. octopus
beak vs. food
beak vs. eat
beak vs. peck
beak vs. groom
beak vs. bird
beak vs. face
beak vs. projecting
beak vs. structure
beak vs. rigid
beak vs. nostril
beak vs. woodpecker
beak vs. stork