The Meaning of beak

• (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.

Synonyms

bill , neb , nib , pecker , honker , hooter , nozzle , snoot , snout , schnozzle , schnoz , peck , pick

Homophones

baek , beeck , beek

Rhymes

antique , ashcreek , baek , batik , beeck , beek , belgique , bespeak , bleak , boutique , cacique , cheek , chesapeake , chic , cleek , clique , creak , creek , critique , deike , dieck , dominique , eke , electrique , feick , fenugreek , fleek , freak , geac , geek , gieck , gleek , greek , grosbeak , henriques , henriquez , kmiec , leak , leake , leek , leick , leveque , manrique , martinique , mcpeek , mediq , meek , midweek , misspeak , monique , mozambique , mystique , nongreek , oblique , paek , peak , peake , peek , physique , pique , reeck , reek , respeak , rieck , riecke , riek , rieke , screak , seaq , seek , sheek , sheik , sheikh , shriek , siek , sikh , sleek , sneak , speak , speake , squeak , steek , streak , streek , tariq , teac , teak , technique , tweak , unique , vanbeek , veronique , weak , week , weick , weik , wieck , workweek , wreak , zeek , zeke