Egret is an English word with synonyms like heron. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Egret meaning
- Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.
- A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament.
- The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, such as the down of the thistle.
Synonyms of Egret
Using Egret
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season. | A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament. | The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, such as the down of the thistle.
- Useful related words include: heron.
- In the example corpus, egret often appears in combinations such as: great egret, egret and, little egret.
Context around Egret
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Egret
- In this selection, "egret" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, great, little, white, street, video and wicker stand out and add context to how "egret" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include road and egret street in and a great egret. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "egret" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with egret
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A great egret in the water at the Homewood Izaak Walton Preserve. (12 words)
This egret mostly eats fish, but also feeds on crustaceans, frogs, salamanders, snakes and aquatic insects. (16 words)
The reverse, a white (egret) that has a yellow bill and black feet, is a great egret. (17 words)
Apart from the turtle dove, Birdlife said that, together with the police, in recent days it also recovered two marsh harriers, a little egret and an Italian-ringed yellow-legged gull that hatched in Sicily last year. (37 words)
As noted above, only the bokikokiko (Acrocephalus aequinoctialis), perhaps a few Rimitara lorikeets (Vini kuhlii) – if any remain at all – and the occasional eastern reef egret (Egretta sacra) make up the entire landbird fauna. (34 words)
Now, thankfully, we can enjoy a bird's feathers where they belong – attached to the bird, as so beautifully pictured in this image of a great egret shot by in Hampton, New Hampshire. (33 words)
Example sentences (13)
The reverse, a white (egret) that has a yellow bill and black feet, is a great egret.
I recorded one cattle egret video that I’m particularly smitten with along the Río Cañas when one individual gave the camera lens a long, hard stare.
A great egret in the water at the Homewood Izaak Walton Preserve.
I grew up near the coast, and the egret on the card looked just like the ones I used to watch in the marshes when I was little.
Shoppers are also obsessing over the Marquee Egret wicker lounge chair ($149) - a comfortable yet stylish piece.
Apart from the shot Turtle-dove, BirdLife Malta and police also recovered two Marsh Harriers, a Little Egret and even an Italian- ringed Yellow-legged Gull hatched in Sicily last year.
Apart from the turtle dove, Birdlife said that, together with the police, in recent days it also recovered two marsh harriers, a little egret and an Italian-ringed yellow-legged gull that hatched in Sicily last year.
We see an egret and it sees us, waiting until we are unbearably close before lifting off the river and onto an overhanging ash, from which it urges us to move along.
Now, thankfully, we can enjoy a bird's feathers where they belong – attached to the bird, as so beautifully pictured in this image of a great egret shot by in Hampton, New Hampshire.
The venue is the Elsburg Rugby Club situated on the corner of Heidelberg Road and Egret Street in Elspark.
The club is situated at the Elspark Sports Grounds on the corner of Heidelberg Road and Egret Street in Elspark.
This egret mostly eats fish, but also feeds on crustaceans, frogs, salamanders, snakes and aquatic insects.
As noted above, only the bokikokiko (Acrocephalus aequinoctialis), perhaps a few Rimitara lorikeets (Vini kuhlii) – if any remain at all – and the occasional eastern reef egret (Egretta sacra) make up the entire landbird fauna.
Common combinations with egret
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: