bird's-eye
/ˈbɜː(ɹ)dz ˈaɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having spots resembling the eyes of a bird.
noun
A fabric having a pattern of small circles or diamonds with a spot in each centre.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A figure found in wood, especially hard maple, resembling tiny swirling eyes disrupting the smooth grain.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "There is also one of the woodblocks used to print Jacopo de’ Barbari’s revolutionary bird’s-eye panorama of Venice and the lagoon, from 1500."
- "In the 1970s Thiebaud became increasingly interested in landscapes and cityscapes that he painted from a bird’s-eye perspective. In “Potrero Hill” a painting from the mid-1970s, he jammed freeways, hills and buildings together in a steep vertical of color and light."
Usage
Inflected Forms
bird's eye (alternative)
birds eye (alternative)
birds-eye (alternative)
birdseye (alternative)
bird's-eyes (plural)