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beechen

beechen

9.9
Made from beech wood
  • adjective
  • /ˈbiːtʃən/
translation icon : de haya
  • The mantelpiece was crafted from solid beechen timber, giving the room a warm appearance.

Examples

  • The table is made of beechen wood.

  • This beechen chair is very sturdy.

  • A thick carpet of leaves covered the beechen forest floor each autumn.

  • The old poem describes "the beechen boughs" shading the peaceful village.

  • The mantelpiece was crafted from solid beechen timber, giving the room a warm appearance.

  • A thick carpet of leaves covered the beechen forest floor each autumn.

  • This beechen chair is very sturdy.

Surface Forms

beechen positive

Morphology

beechen = beech (transparent) = beech + en

Formed by the productive adjectival suffix '-en' meaning 'made of' or 'relating to' the noun 'beech', so the meaning is directly recoverable.

Etymology

Beechen comes from the tree name beech, which means a 'beech tree' and its wood, and you can see the same idea in beechwood. So beechen describes something made of or like beech wood.