birch
21birch — birch1 [bə:tʃ US bə:rtʃ] n [: Old English; Origin: birce, beorc] 1.) [U and C] a tree with smooth ↑bark (=outer covering) and thin branches, or the wood from this tree 2.) the birch BrE the practice of hitting people with birch sticks as an… …
22birch — [[t]bɜrtʃ[/t]] n. 1) pln any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close grained wood 2) pln the wood itself 3) a birch rod, or a bundle of birch twigs, used for whipping 4) fur Also,… …
23birch — noun 1》 a slender hardy tree with thin, peeling, silver grey or white bark, which yields a hard pale wood. [Betula pendula (silver birch) and related species.] 2》 (the birch) chiefly historical a formal punishment in which a person is flogged… …
24birch — n. & v. n. 1 any tree of the genus Betula, having thin peeling bark, bearing catkins, and found predominantly in northern temperate regions. 2 (in full birchwood) the hard fine grained pale wood of these trees. 3 NZ any of various similar trees.… …
25birch — 1. noun /bɜː(r)tʃ/ a) any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the northern hemisphere. b) a hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture. 2. verb /bɜː(r)tʃ/ a) to punish with a stick, bundle of… …
26birch — [OE] Old English bi(e)rce came from a prehistoric Germanic *berkjōn, source also of German birke. The word goes back ultimately to an Indo European *bhergo, but as is often the case with ancient tree names, it does not denote the same type of… …
27birch — UK [bɜː(r)tʃ] / US [bɜrtʃ] noun Word forms birch : singular birch plural birches 1) a) [countable] a tall tree with thin branches and an outer layer that comes off in thin strips like paper b) [uncountable] the wood from this tree 2) the birch… …
28birch — [OE] Old English bi(e)rce came from a prehistoric Germanic *berkjōn, source also of German birke. The word goes back ultimately to an Indo European *bhergo, but as is often the case with ancient tree names, it does not denote the same type of… …
29birch — [[t]bɜ͟ː(r)tʃ[/t]] birches 1) N VAR A birch is a type of tall tree with thin branches. 2) N SING: the N The birch is a punishment in which someone is hit with a wooden stick …
30birch — bÉœËtʃ n. type of tree; bundle of birch twigs used for whipping v. whip with a birch rod …
