bill
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3.6
- noun
- /bɪl/
- - The duck says, "Put it on my bill. "
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Examples
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Characteristic features include a strong, curved bill.
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Notice the long orange bill, right?
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Its bill was longer than any she'd ever seen in photographs, on walls, anywhere.
Fiction book (2002) -
My birds were sitting side by side on a rock, touching bills.
Academic text (2001) -
Wading birds are bitten on their long, exposed legs and around their bills.
Academic text (1992) -
It uses its bill as a pair of precision pliers to reshape that tip.
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The flamingo uses its unique bill to filter food from the water.
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Many birds have a curved bill that helps them catch insects in tree bark.
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The heron's long bill is perfect for spearing fish in shallow waters.
Synonyms
71
1.0
The hard pointed part of a bird's mouth used to eat and pick up food
1
7.5
A part of an insect's mouth used for feeding
1
6.8
A bird's hard mouth part used for pecking and eating
A bird's or animal's beak that sticks out and is used for eating
Idioms
18
3.3
An official statement that a person or thing is healthy and has no serious problems
Compounds
- Formal
96
3.3
A written list of the main freedoms people have in a country's constitution
- Formal
20
6.7
A proposal that lets the government spend public money for a specific purpose
18
3.8
An official report that says a person, project, or group is well and able to continue
9
1.1
A paper or email that shows how much you must pay each month for services like electricity
- Specialized
7
6.9
A short-term loan to the U.S. government that you buy for less and the government repays within one year
- Formal
7
3.7
Written paper that shows one person sells a thing like a car to another who becomes the owner
- Specialized
5
4.6
A short-term government loan sold for less than its value and repaid at full value without interest
- Formal
3
7.0
An official document showing a transport company has received goods and saying how and when they will be delivered
- Formal
1
8.6
A written charge by a government lawyer saying someone committed a crime
- Jargon
1
9.9
A paper saying a group of citizens found enough evidence to charge someone with a crime
- Formal
1
9.9
A written list that the prosecution gives to show the specific charges and facts about what the accused did
- Formal
1
9.9
A law that declares a person guilty and punishes them without a trial
- US
1
5.6
A law that makes people pay a small deposit for drink containers and get it back when they recycle them
- Formal
1
7.5
A written order telling one person or bank to pay money to another at a set time
- Formal
1
9.9
A court action asking the same court to change or reverse its previous decision
- Indian
An official paper that lists goods coming into or leaving a country for customs
- Specialized
A document that makes one company responsible for goods moved by two or more kinds of transport
- Specialized
A paper showing the goods stay on the same ship without transfer
- Formal
A document that covers goods carried by two or more types of transport under one contract
- Specialized
A small plant with fern-like leaves, pink flowers, and a long beak-like seed pod
- New Zealand
A plant from New Zealand that stays green all year with beak-shaped red or white flowers
- Specialized
A shipping document that covers a journey using more than one kind of transport
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bill for a bird's beak comes from an old word for beak or 'cutting blade' that points out from the face. So a bird's bill is the hard, projecting mouth part it uses to eat and carry things.