beak
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7.3
- noun
- /biːk/
:
pico
- We call the microwave Microbird because Katrina, once, in first grade, made eyes and a beak out of yellow construction paper and taped them to the machine's side.
This is a a yellow Bequinho pepper that's known as birds beak pepper.
- This is a a yellow Bequinho pepper that's known as birds beak pepper.
Examples
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The structure of the fruit featured a sharp, tapered beak that helped protect its seeds.
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Glue the beak onto the tube.
Blog text (19) -
Cut out a small triangle-shaped beak from the leftover construction paper.
Blog text (19) -
In other masks, bug eyes replace the goggles or beaks take the place of a snout.
Blog text (22) -
Among them were flowers, orange and red, parrot-colored, shaped like beaks under feathery hats: Birds of Paradise, the first he'd ever seen.
Fiction book (1996) -
The flower of the cranberry plant looks like a beak with its pointed tip.
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The seeds were held tightly by the beak of the plant until they were ready to disperse.
Synonyms
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3.9
A small sharp point on a plant stem or leaf that can scratch
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6.5
A small sharp point on a plant that can prick you
A small pointed part on a grass or grain stem that holds small flowers
Compounds
- New Zealand
An evergreen shrub from New Zealand with claw-shaped red to white flowers
How Pointed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Beak From Old French bec meaning 'point', the word beak was later used for plant parts that end in a sharp tip, because a seed or fruit tip that tapers to a point looks like a small bird's mouth.