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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024birch /bɜrtʃ/USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biology[countable] a tree having a smooth, peeling outer bark and close-grained wood.
- Plant Biology[uncountable] the wood itself.
- [countable] a birch rod used esp. for whipping.
adj. - Furnitureof, relating to, or made of birch:birch beer.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024birch (bûrch),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close-grained wood. Cf. birch family.
- Plant Biologythe wood itself.
- a birch rod, or a bundle of birch twigs, used esp. for whipping.
adj. - Plant Biology, Furniturebirchen.
v.t. - to beat or punish with or as if with a birch:The young ruffians were birched soundly by their teacher.
- bef. 900; Middle English birche, Old English birce; cognate with Old High German birka (German Birke); akin to Sanskrit bhūrja kind of birch
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: birch /bɜːtʃ/ n - any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula, having thin peeling bark
See also silver birch - the hard close-grained wood of any of these trees
- the birch ⇒ a bundle of birch twigs or a birch rod used, esp formerly, for flogging offenders
adj - of, relating to, or belonging to the birch
- consisting or made of birch
vb - (transitive) to flog with a birch
Etymology: Old English bierce; related to Old High German birihha, Sanskrit bhūrjaˈbirchen adj |