Definitions for barbet

barbet bar·bet

Spelling: [bahr-bit]
IPA: /ˈbɑr bɪt/

Barbet is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in barbet (abbert).

Definitions for barbet

noun

  1. any of several stocky, tropical birds of the family Capitonidae, having a stout bill with bristles at the base.

Origin of barbet

1745-55; French ≪ Latin barbātus; see barbate

Examples for barbet

Baron Bourlac immediately resolved to go straight to barbet.

"My word, I don't know that I have them," said barbet, fumbling in his pockets.

I have also a bill at--at barbet's, in the Passage de l'Opéra.

Good forms of capped traps are those shown in Figs. 24, 25 devised by barbet.

That woman resolved to have Godefroid's money and barbet's too.

"You won't find any one that will take their paper," said barbet.

Megalaima henrici brachyrhyncha Neumann: Yellow-crowned barbet.

A striking feature of the great Himalayan barbet is its massive yellow bill, which is as large as that of some species of toucan.

The call of the great Himalayan barbet is very distinctive and easy to recognise, but is far from easy to portray in words.

For thick washes, which tends to obstruct the slits of the cap, barbet has devised the cap shown at the right in Fig. 25.

Word Value for barbet
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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