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birch

English

Etymology

From Middle English birche, birk, from Old English bir?e, bier?e, from Proto-West Germanic *birkij?, from Proto-Germanic *birkij?, from Proto-Indo-European *b?erH?os.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) enPR: bû(r)ch, IPA(key): /b?t?/
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bû(r)ch, IPA(key): /b??t?/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)t?

Noun

birch (countable and uncountable, plural birches)

  1. Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere.
  2. A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
  3. A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.
  4. A birch-bark canoe.

Synonyms

  • (stick, rod or bundle of twigs): makepeace, switch

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

birch (third-person singular simple present birches, present participle birching, simple past and past participle birched)

  1. to punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
  2. to punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.

Derived terms

  • bircher

Translations


Middle English

Noun

birch

  1. Alternative form of birche

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beech

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English beche, from Old English b??e, from Proto-West Germanic *b?kij? (beech). Doublet of buky.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: b?ch, IPA(key): /bi?t??/
  • Rhymes: -i?t?
  • Homophone: beach

Noun

beech (plural beeches)

  1. A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches.
  2. The wood of the beech tree.

Synonyms

  • beech tree

Derived terms

Translations

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