birch
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1.7
- noun
- /bɜrʧ/
:
abedul
- - This birch bark will burn fast.
- birch trees
- birch bark
- paper birch
I would use either spring water or Birch SAP.
- I would use either spring water or Birch SAP.
- Day breaks into Nets, entangles air between Birch and fence, the trellis and the Rose.
- And for me it's it's goldenrod, ragweed, I think Birch or Beech, one of the two.
- I'm choosing materials at the moment for it but I'm just so torn whether to go with Birch or skate light.
- Unhinged, he peeled from yellow leafed birches enough paper to fashion a bark and make for the moon.
Examples
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Warm, dry days intensify the pollen count in areas where there are birch trees.
Academic text (2011) -
Bears are out there, along with moose and bald eagles, and stands of birch, aspen, and fir trees.
Academic text (2011) -
There were two beautiful birch trees right outside our house.
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This is a yellow birch.
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See the little birch in the meadow.
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When we came to the birch thicket, I drew up my horse and looked back.
Fiction book (1993) -
Here and there, yellow birches and mountain ashes found a little space to grow.
Academic text (1990) -
There is plenty of firewood, and birch trees aplenty for the traditional birch switches.
Academic text (1990) -
The blazing matches fell sizzling into the snow, but the birch bark was alight.
Fiction book (1993) -
There were two beautiful birch trees right outside our house.
Synonyms
3
2.1
A tree with thin white bark that peels and slender branches
1
4.9
A tree with pale bark and thin hanging branches often found in Europe
1
5.8
A North American tree with peeling reddish-brown bark that grows near rivers and in swamps
1
6.5
A tree with reddish-brown bark that grows near rivers and swamps in the eastern United States
A tree with silvery white peeling bark and drooping branches
A tree with silvery white peeling bark and drooping branches
A tree with silvery white bark that peels in thin papery layers and drooping branches
A tree with soft hairy young branches and dull white bark
A North American birch tree with white bark that peels easily and people use to make crafts
A North American tree with white, peeling bark used to make baskets and canoes
A small North American tree with white bark that peels and is used for canoes and baskets
A North American birch tree with white bark that peels and whose bark people use to make canoes and baskets
A small North American tree with white bark that peels, used for baskets and toy canoes
A tree with brownish bark that grows in western parts of the United States
A birch tree from the western United States with brown bark and thin branches
A birch tree that grows by streams in the western United States and has brown bark
A birch tree from the western United States with brownish bark that grows in wetlands
A birch tree with brownish bark that grows in western United States mountains
A North American tree with thin shiny yellow or gray bark and strong wood
A tree from eastern North America with spicy brown bark and strong dark wood used for furniture
A North American tree with dark bark that smells like mint and has hard wood used for furniture
A birch tree with dark reddish bark and a strong smell that grows in eastern North America
Wood from a birch tree that people use to make furniture and buildings
A tree with white, peeling bark and small leaves
Compounds
- US
1
7.2
A light boat made from birch tree bark and used by Native people in North America
- US
1
6.5
A tree with reddish-brown bark that grows near rivers and swamps in the eastern United States
- Specialized
1
5.8
A North American tree with peeling reddish-brown bark that grows near rivers and in swamps
- US
A birch tree with dark reddish bark and a strong smell that grows in eastern North America
- US
A North American birch tree with white bark that peels and whose bark people use to make canoes and baskets
- US
A tree from eastern North America with spicy brown bark and strong dark wood used for furniture
- UK
A tree with silvery white bark that peels in thin papery layers and drooping branches
A small shrub with low, spreading branches that grows in cold northern regions
A medium-sized birch tree with white or pale grey bark from eastern North America
A small North American tree with white bark that peels, used for baskets and toy canoes
- US
A medium-sized birch tree with pale gray bark that grows in eastern North America in old fields and burned areas
- Specialized
A small birch that grows as a low shrub in cold parts of North America and Greenland
A small North American tree with white bark that peels and is used for canoes and baskets
- US
A birch tree from the western United States with brownish bark that grows in wetlands
An oil with a minty smell that you rub on skin to ease minor muscle and joint pain
- US
A North American tree with dark bark that smells like mint and has hard wood used for furniture
- US
A birch tree that grows by streams in the western United States and has brown bark
- Specialized
A tree with brownish bark that grows in western parts of the United States
A birch tree from the western United States with brown bark and thin branches
- Specialized
A tree that grows in Alaska and northern Canada with pale white bark
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Etymology
Birch comes from an old English word beorc meaning 'birch', a tree known for its pale, peeling bark and firm wood, so birch now names both the tree and its timber.