Collocations for "beak"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "beak" in context.
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beak
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [sharp, pointed, powerful] beak (for)
- a beak for [pecking wood, breaking open nuts]
- has a [nose, face] like a beak
- pecked at [me, the wall, the tree] with his beak
- beak and [feathers, talons, claws]
- can [tell them apart, differentiate them] by their beaks
- uses its peak to [impale, collect, attack]
- slang: has a [big, long, curved] beak
- slang: always sticking her beak in!
- has a beak-like [nose, face]
'beak' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):