cere
/sɪɚ/
cere noun: a fleshy, waxy area at the base of the upper beak in certain birds.
Noun
cere (plural ceres)
- A fleshy, waxy area at the base of the upper beak in certain birds.
- The cere is the fleshy spot just above the beak where the nostrils, or nares, are located. In some species, like the parakeet, the cere is prominent; in others, the cere is covered by feathers. Both the cere and the nares should be clean[…][2021, Nikki Moustaki, Parrots For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 182
Verb
cere (third-person singular simple present ceres, present participle cering, simple past and past participle cered)
- To wax; to cover or close with wax.
- a strong twisted Thread cered1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC
cere meaning in Tamil and Bengali
cere in Tamil
- அலகுப்பூ, செர்ரே
cere in Bengali
- মোম দিয়ে ঢেকে দেওয়া, লেপা
Forms of cere
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | ceres |
| alternative form | sere |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | ceres |
| present participle | cering |
| past participle | cered |
| past | cered |
Origin of cere
From Middle English sere, from Old French cire, from Latin cēra (“wax, cere”), or via Latin cērō (“to smear or coat with wax”).
Words formed from cere
Words that rhyme with cere
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- spear
- career
- fear
- here
- steer
- appear
- cavalier
- cheer
- leer
- pioneer
- queer
- volunteer
- adhere
- beer
- chandelier
- deer
- financier
- pier
- premier
- privateer
- sheer
- veer
- vizier
- austere
- bombardier
- brigadier
- cashmere
- commandeer
- disappear
- endear
- grenadier
- interfere
- mere
- mountaineer
- peer
- sear
- tear
- tier
- unclear
- arrear
- bier
- blear
- cameleer
- cashier
- chiffonier
- cohere
- fakir
- farseer
Questions about cere
- What does cere mean?
- Cere means a fleshy, waxy area at the base of the upper beak in certain birds.
- What is cere in Tamil?
- Cere in Tamil is அலகுப்பூ, செர்ரே. See Cere meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cere?
- Cere can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce cere?
- Cere is pronounced /sɪɚ/.
- What is the plural of cere?
- The plural of cere is ceres.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cere (page history and authors); cere (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cere (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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