birchbark
- noun
- /bɜrʧbɑrk/
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corteza de abedul
- Ida made a cheese torte of cottage cheese, flavored with lemon peel, and the children picked enough tiny sweet wild strawberries in their birchbark baskets to place on top, embedded in whipped cream.
- birchbark baskets
- birchbark box
Examples
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Sunday afternoons, in the outdoor chapel, Miss Drew stood behind a birchbark lectern, which she gripped tightly in both hands as she spoke to her campers about how God loved His children.
Fiction book (1993) -
The birchbark box hung on its nail by the office door.
Fiction book (1993) -
Ranking third are the Ottawas with nine items, most of which are wall plaques or small boxes made of birchbark.
Academic text (2002) -
Little girls, with handkerchiefs tied over their heads, were running about on the banks selling birchbark baskets filled with wild strawberries.
Fiction book (1992) -
On Sunday evenings, Miss Drew sat on the boulder, the lake on fire with light behind her, and read aloud whatever thoughts, stories, or poems campers had written earlier in the week and placed in the birchbark box by her office door.
Fiction book (1993) -
The artist carefully crafted intricate designs on the piece of birchbark before turning it into a beautiful decorative box.
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Children collected small wildflowers in their handmade birchbark baskets during their nature walk in the forest.
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The birchbark scroll held the ancient stories of the tribe, preserving their history for generations to come.
Synonyms
Thin papery outer bark from some trees that people use to make containers, art, and mulch
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Birchbark comes from the two simple parts birch, a type of tree, and bark, meaning 'outer layer'. People long used birch bark like thin paper for writing and for making containers and small crafts, so birchbark now means the papery outer layer used for crafting and writing.
