birch
any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close-grained wood.: Compare birch family.
the wood itself.
a birch rod, or a bundle of birch twigs, used especially for whipping.
to beat or punish with or as if with a birch: The young ruffians were birched soundly by their teacher.
Origin of birch
1Words Nearby birch
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How to use birch in a sentence
I’d been wooed by spring delights—birch saplings rich with new greens, the sighing pines swaying dozens of feet above them.
To my left, through the scratched glass window, I could make out a vast valley below, speckled with birch and aspen trees exploding into vibrant yellows as autumn neared.
Fast-growing birch send nutrients to slower-moving fir trees.
It could be a strip of birch bark or a handful of Doritos—as long as it’s something small, dry, and oily, it should work.
Solid birch wooden legs are dark brown, and a decorative nailhead design is found along the base of the chair.
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Bob Dylan even took the Birchers to task in his folk tune “Talking John birch Paranoid Blues.”
A Brief History of Wingnuts in America; From George Washington to Woodstock | John Avlon | August 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut you do not have a 50-foot birch lying across your driveway.
The Federal Government Has Violated My Right to Chainsaw | P. J. O’Rourke | April 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWetlands protected under the “Clean Water Act of 1972” are being polluted with birch beer precursor chemicals.
The Federal Government Has Violated My Right to Chainsaw | P. J. O’Rourke | April 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST(At the same time, CPAC also banned the John birch Society from being a sponsor as well).
It was birch who took Gilbert and George to China, a trip on which Compston was invited, missed the plane, and came along later.
Joshua Compston Was Once the Wunderkind of the British Art World…and Now He’s Been Practically Forgotten | Anthony Haden-Guest | January 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is well known in Sweden that when a pine forest is felled, a growth, not of pine but of birch, immediately springs up.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas AndersonBy and by, a straggling birch bluff rose blackly across their way, but nobody swung wide.
Winston of the Prairie | Harold BindlossThe walls consisted of trees laid one upon another; and the roof was of birch bark.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayIn fact, there was not, in all the parish, a more generally unpopular man than Billy birch.
Mike Marble | Uncle FrankBilly birch would not shut up his dog at night, and as for killing him, that was out of the question.
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British Dictionary definitions for birch
/ (bɜːtʃ) /
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
of, relating to, or belonging to the birch
consisting or made of birch
(tr) to flog with a birch
Origin of birch
1Derived forms of birch
- birchen, adjective
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