Woodpeckers pecked at the bark for food.

Meaning: This sentence describes the way woodpeckers find food. It's like saying, The woodpeckers used their beaks to hit the hard outer layer of the tree to find food.

Choice of Words: Woodpeckers are birds with strong beaks for pecking at wood. Pecked means to hit something with a sharp point. Bark is the hard, outer layer of a tree. Food is something that people and animals eat to stay alive.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• Woodpeckers pecked at the bark.
• Woodpeckers tap on tree bark for food.
• Woodpeckers tapped on its bark for food.
• Woodpeckers pecked at the tree trunk.
• Woodpeckers tapped on the bark.
• Woodpeckers tap on the bark.
• A woodpecker pecked at the bark of the tree.
• Woodpeckers peck trees for food.
• Bird pecked trunk for food.
• Beaks pecked at seeds, gathering food.