birch


Definition: Meaning of, birch in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / bəːtʃ /

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birch birches
  1. [uncountable and countable] a tree with smooth BARK (= outer covering) and thin branches, or the wood from this tree
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  2. the birch British English the practice of hitting people with birch sticks as an official punishment
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  1. to hit someone with a birch sticks as an official punishment
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birch used in phrases

  • American dwarf birch (noun)
    1. small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland
  • American gray birch (noun)
    1. medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree
  • American grey birch (noun)
    1. medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree
  • American white birch (noun)
    1. small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes
  • European white birch (noun)
    1. european birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches
  • John Birch Society, the
    1. a very RIGHT-WING organization started in the US during the 1950s to fight COMMUNISM
  • Newfoundland dwarf birch (noun)
    1. small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland
  • Western birch (noun)
    1. birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark
  • Western paper birch (noun)
    1. birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark
  • Yukon white birch (noun)
    1. alaskan birch with white to pale brown bark
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