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What is the noun for beak?

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beak
  1. Anatomical uses.
    1. A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming and for eating food.
    2. A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus, turtle, etc.
    3. The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
    4. The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
    5. The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
    6. (botany) Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
  2. Figurative uses.
    1. Anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak, such as a promontory of land.
    2. (architecture) A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
    3. (farriery) A toe clip.
    4. (nautical) That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
    5. (nautical) A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.
  3. Colloquial uses.
    1. (slang) The human nose, especially one that is large and pointed.
    2. (slang, Britain) A justice of the peace, magistrate, headmaster or other person of authority.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. nose, snout, proboscis, schnozzle, neb, schnozz, snoot, schnoz, conk, honker, nozzle, nib, smeller, bill, mouth, mandible, pecker, trunk, muzzle, hooter, jaws, nostrils, maw, snitch, sniffer, bracket, bugle, whiffer, snuffer, adenoids, sneezer, horn, nares, olfactory nerves, magistrate, justice, judge, bench, adjudicator, jurist, court, justiciary, bailie, justice of the peace, justiciar, deemster, jurat, sheriff, surrogate, alcalde … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “By rapidly opening and closing its beak a bird can alter the damping characteristics of the vocal tract.”
      “The beak swiftly handled the case, ensuring justice was served to all parties involved.”
beakful
  1. As much (food) as a bird's beak will hold or carry
beaksful
  1. plural of beakful
beakfuls
  1. plural of beakful
beaks
  1. plural of beak
  2. Synonyms:
      3. noses, snouts, proboscises, schnozzles, nebs, schnozzes, snoots, conks, honkers, nozzles, nibs, smellers, bills, mouths, mandibles, peckers, trunks, muzzles, hooters, maws, snitches, sneezers, snuffers, brackets, horn, sniffers, bugles, magistrates, justice, judges, benches, adjudicators, jurists, courts, justices of the peace, bailies, justiciaries, chancellors, alcaldes, judge advocates, recorders, surrogates, reeves, justiciars, sheriffs, deemsters, jurats, umpires, counsellors, counsels … more
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