birch
/bɝt͡ʃ/noun, verb, adjective1 syllable
Birch means: consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree.
Synonyms for birch7
noun, as in any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
noun, as in a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment
adjective, as in consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree
What does birch mean?5
adjective
consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree
noun
any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
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”
hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
verb
whip with a birch twig
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with birch?4
Birch in a sentence
- Near our house, in a park, there's a little birch tree growing.rul
- There was a birch tree in our garden, but it died.CK
- Twigs in beak, the magpie flies to its old nest in the birch.Eccles17
- Next to the house, a beautiful birch tree is growing.rul
- Oak, pine and birch trees grow in these woods.sundown
- Oak, pine and birch trees grow in this wood.sundown
- Oak, pine and birch trees grow in this forest.sundown
- In spring, sap is extracted from the birch trees.sundown
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Forms of birch
as a noun
- plural
- birches
as a verb
- past tense
- birched
- present participle
- birching
- third-person singular
- birches
- past participle
- birched