Plural of beak
regular plural
The plural of beak is beaks.
Forms of beak
| Singular | beak /biːk/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | beaks /biːks/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Beaks in a sentence
- How long ago did birds evolve beaks?From the entry evolve
- How long ago did beaks evolve?From the entry evolve
- Their guan beaks, coupled dovelings, the poorotten, leafing their livers, nieces of the cloud . . .2007, César Vallejo, Clayton Eshleman, The Complete Poetry. From the entry doveling
- Then, very softly, she says, "I'll stick the kettle on so we can wet our beaks."2005, John Lynch, Tom Water, →ISBN, page 168. From the entry wet one's beak
- The friar birds drove their beaks into the sweet white flesh of Bacchus Marsh apples.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 186. From the entry friarbird
Meaning of beak
- noun A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.
- noun A similar pointed structure forming the nose and mouth of various animals, such as turtles, platypuses, whales, etc.
- noun The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
Questions about the plural of beak
- What is the plural of beak?
- The plural of beak is beaks.
- Is beak countable?
- Beak is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: beak (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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