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beak - 9 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | beak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nose of animal |
| Synonyms: | bill, muzzle, nozzle, proboscis, projection, prow, snout, mandible, neb, nib, pecker |
| Main Entry: | nose |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smelling organ of animate being |
| Synonyms: | beak*, bill*, muzzle*, proboscis, snout*, adenoids, horn*, nares, nostrils, olfactory nerves, schnoz, smeller, sneezer, sniffer, snoot, snuffer, whiffer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | peck |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | bite |
| Synonyms: | beak, dig, hit, jab, kiss, mark, nibble, pick, pinch, poke, prick, rap, strike, tap |
| Main Entry: | cape |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promontory into water |
| Synonyms: | arm, beak, bill, finger, head, headland, jetty, mole, neck, peninsula, point, tongue, chersonese, foreland, jutty, naze, ness |
| Main Entry: | mouth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening |
| Synonyms: | aperture, beak, box, cavity, clam, crevice, door, entrance, estuary, funnel, gate, harbor, inlet, mush*, orifice, portal, rim, trap*, yap*, chops, delta, embouchement, firth, fly trap, gills, gob, jaws, kisser, lips |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | front of boat |
| Synonyms: | beak, fore, head, nose, prow, stem, bowsprit, forepart |
| Main Entry: | trunk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | long nose of animal |
| Synonyms: | beak, proboscis, prow, snout, snoot |
| Main Entry: | head |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top part |
| Synonyms: | apex, banner, beak, bill, cap, cork, crest, crown, heading, headline, height, peak, pitch, point, promontory, streamer, summit, tip, vertex |
| Antonyms: | bottom, end, rear |
| Main Entry: | point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sharp end, top, end of extension |
| Synonyms: | apex, barb, beak, bill, cape, claw, cusp, dagger, head, headland, jag, prick, promontory, prong, snag, spike, spine, spire, spur, summit, sword, thorn, tine, tip, tooth, awn, foreland, nib, pin point, prickler, sticker, stiletto |
| Notes: | the stylus, or point, of a record player is held by the cartridge; the base of the turntable is called the deck |
| Antonyms: | dullness, bluntness |
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