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beechwood

American  
[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

“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

Boutique children’s shops popped up across the world, selling organic cotton sleep sacks, £80 nappy bags and £500 beechwood cots.

From The Guardian Mar. 20, 2018

The silence and emptiness of the open beechwood made them suspicious, and most kept outside, nervous of an ambush.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

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

From The Guardian Mar. 13, 2017

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)

On my right the woods turned into beechwoods, and scrambled up high cliffs that seemed to form the end of the peninsula.

From The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen by Arnim, Elizabeth von

Revelsmere was a nice old house, surrounded by fine sloping lawns and a background of sombre beechwoods.

From Robinetta by McAulay, Allan

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

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