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- Dictionarybirch/bəːtʃ/
noun
- 1. a slender hardy tree which has thin peeling bark and bears catkins. Birch trees grow chiefly in northern temperate regions and yield hard, pale, fine-grained timber.
- 2. a formal punishment in which a person is flogged with a bundle of birch twigs: historical "there were calls to bring back the birch"
verb
- 1. beat (someone) with a bundle of birch twigs as a formal punishment: historical "the school would attempt to birch them into submission"
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The meaning of BIRCH is any of a genus (Betula of the family Betulaceae, the birch family) of monoecious deciduous trees or shrubs having simple petioled leaves and typically a layered membranous outer bark that peels readily. How to use birch in a sentence.
BIRCH definition: 1. a tree with smooth, often white bark (= outer covering) and thin branches 2. an official…. Learn more.
Birch definition: any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close-grained wood.. See examples of BIRCH used in a sentence.
n. 1. any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close-grained wood. 2. the wood itself. 3. a birch rod, or a bundle of birch twigs, used for whipping. adj. 4. Also, birch′en. of or made of birch. v.t. 5. to beat with or as if with a birch.
noun. hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood. see more. noun. a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment. “my father never spared the birch ” synonyms: birch rod. see more. verb. whip with a birch twig.
birch in American English. (bɜrtʃ ) noun. 1. any of a genus ( Betula) of trees and shrubs of the birch family, having smooth bark easily peeled off in thin sheets, and hard, closegrained wood: found in northern climates. 2. the wood of any of these trees. 3. a birch rod or bunch of twigs used for whipping.
Definition of birch noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
birch - definition, audio pronunciation and more for birch: a tree that has thin, smooth branches: See more in Learner's Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary.
1. : any of a genus (Betula of the family Betulaceae, the birch family) of monoecious deciduous trees or shrubs having simple petioled leaves and typically a layered membranous outer bark that peels readily. 2. : the hard pale close-grained wood of a birch. 3. : a birch rod or bundle of twigs for flogging. — birch or birch·en\ˈbər-chən\adjective.
May 25, 2024 · birch, (genus Betula ), genus of about 40 species of short-lived ornamental and timber trees and shrubs of the family Betulaceae, distributed throughout cool regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Physical description. paper birch. Bark of the paper birch (Betula papyrifera). sweet birch. Sweet birch (Betula lenta).
