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beechwood

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[beech-wood] / ˈbitʃˌwʊd /

noun

beechwoods plural
  1. beech.


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Etymology

Origin of beechwood

First recorded in 1675–85; beech + wood 1

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Made in France, the Charlie Crane Levo Baby Rocker in beechwood with an organic, off-white padded seat is luxury fit for modern royalty.

From Seattle Times May 26, 2021

From bottle-less shampoo to tees made from recycled beechwood pulp, fashion and lifestyle brands are creating products that have a minimal effect on the environment and giving back in other ways.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 18, 2019

The guests climbed a beechwood staircase with a stained glass window, My Four Green Fields, representing Ireland’s four provinces.

From The Guardian Apr. 18, 2019

“I’ve been giving these out the past couple of months. They’re printed on beechwood and they’re really graphic and nicely made.”

From Slate Jul. 14, 2018

He stumped in on a crude wooden leg he himself had carved out of beechwood.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

By the final stretch you will be hurtling through beechwoods and might spot the odd rabbit scampering past.

From The Guardian Mar. 13, 2017

He went for a long walk through the October beechwoods, under a windy sky, and in a drift of falling leaves, wondering with a renewed freshness at the haunting futilities of life....

From Marriage by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

And confound redheaded school-ma'ams with a habit of popping out of beechwoods where they had no business to be.

From Anne of Avonlea by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

He recalled her—submissive, patient, recollected, pacing beside him on her donkey, as they brushed their way through brown beechwoods and stained wet bracken.

From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

To hills how many has your tossed green given Likeness of an inverted cloudy heaven; How many English hills enlarge their pride Of shape and solitude By beechwoods darkening the steepest side!

From Poems New and Old by Freeman, John

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