🇬🇧 Beak meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A beak is the hard, usually pointy part of a bird’s mouth that it uses to eat, pick things up, clean its feathers, and sometimes even build nests. Different birds have different beak shapes to help them eat different kinds of food, like seeds, bugs, or fish.

The parrot tapped my head with its beak like it was checking if my brain was fully charged.

When the pigeon puffed up its chest and pointed its beak at me, I realized I had just been challenged by a bird.

The goose pointed its beak at me like a grumpy teacher pointing at the homework I didn’t do.

The flamingo scratched its back with its beak like it was using a built-in back scratcher.

A tiny bird tapped on my window with its beak like it was ringing a doorbell.

On a cold morning, a small bird held a seed in its beak, cracked it with the beak, and tossed the shell with the beak. A child watched as the bird used its beak to carry a twig to the nest. The bird touched the chick's head with its beak; the chick opened its beak and ate. The child smiled.

This word is at the C1 level, which means it’s part of advanced English. It’s used in sophisticated conversations, professional settings, and academic discussions. Words at this level help you express yourself fluently and precisely in nuanced situations.

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