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Meaning of debeak | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
/diːˈbiːk/

Definitions

To remove part of the beak of a chicken or other bird to prevent pecking in chicken farms.

transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“‘Why not let them out to roam and scratch and peck at insects and worms and see if they come home in the evening and peck each other? Why debeak hens for something you are doing wrong?’”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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