beech
any deciduous tree of the genus Fagus, of temperate regions, having a smooth gray bark and bearing small, edible, triangular nuts.
Also called beechwood. the wood from a beech tree of the genus Fagus, including the commonly cultivated European beech.
any member of the beech family (Fagaceae).
Origin of beech
1Other words from beech
- beech·en, adjective
- beech·y, adjective
Words that may be confused with beech
- beach, beech
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How to use beech in a sentence
She then filled a beechen bowl with clean water for her guests to wash, keeping up a pleasant talk all the time.
Stories of Heroic Deeds for Boys and Girls | James JohonnotWhen this ceremony is over, with the last gleam of day, they retire for the night to the deep beechen woods of Tisted and Ropley.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 | Gilbert WhiteIn the profound stillness, on a windless day, of the vast beechen woods, these sonorous notes had a singularly beautiful effect.
Birds and Man | W. H. HudsonHis aged head, crowned with beechen wreath, Seem'd like a poll of ivy in the teeth160 Of winter hoar.
Endymion | John KeatsThe rising sun smiles upon us through the stems of that beechen knoll.
Maid Marian | Thomas Love Peacock
British Dictionary definitions for beech
/ (biːtʃ) /
any N temperate tree of the genus Fagus, esp F. sylvatica of Europe, having smooth greyish bark: family Fagaceae
any tree of the related genus Nothofagus, of temperate Australasia and South America
the hard wood of any of these trees, used in making furniture, etc
See copper beech
Origin of beech
1Derived forms of beech
- beechen or beechy, adjective
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