Meaning ofbeakin English

Noun

1. a bird's rigid face projection; for eating, grooming
2. a similar structure in animals; like turtles, platypuses
3. insects' long sucking mouthpart
   The insect used its beak to suck nectar from flowers.
4. bivalve shell's upper part; near the hinge
   The beak of the bivalve shell was fragile and easily broken.
5. a shell's prolonged canal container
   The shell's beak contained a long, narrow canal for filtering food.
6. a plant part resembling a bird's beak
   The seed pod had a beak-like structure that helped disperse seeds.
7. a pointed projection (land, object, etc.); narrow extension
   The mountain had a distinctive beak of rock that jutted out over the valley.