cere
- n the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds
- v wrap up in a cerecloth
cere a corpse
- After bestowing the traditional three blessings that complete the conversion cere mony, the rabbi quipped: "You even look Jewish.
- At last week's ground-breaking cere, mony there was some talk of peacetime research, the aspect of nuclear physics that interests scientists most.
- Beethoven, as was his custom, received all visitors with overwhelming cere mony.