What is "birch" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does birch mean in English? Meaning of birch definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "birch" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "birch": hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood

Noun

  • Meaning: hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
  • Synonyms: birch
  • Hypernyms: wood
  • Meaning of "birch": whip with a birch twig

    Verb

  • Meaning: whip with a birch twig
  • Synonyms: birch
  • Hypernyms: flog lash lather slash strap trounce welt whip
  • Meaning of "birch": consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree

    Adjective

  • Meaning: consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree
  • Synonyms: birch birchen birken
  • Similar: woody
  • Meaning of "birch": any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark

    Noun

  • Meaning: any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
  • Synonyms: birch birch tree
  • Hyponyms: american dwarf birch american gray birch american grey birch american white birch betula alleghaniensis betula cordifolia betula fontinalis betula glandulosa betula lenta betula leutea betula neoalaskana betula nigra betula papyrifera betula pendula betula populifolia betula pubescens black birch canoe birch cherry birch common birch downy birch european white birch gray birch grey birch mountain birch newfoundland dwarf birch paper birch paperbark birch red birch river birch silver birch swamp birch sweet birch water birch western birch western paper birch white birch yellow birch yukon white birch
  • Hypernyms: tree
  • Substance Holonyms: birch
  • Meaning of "birch": a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment

    Noun

  • Meaning: a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment
  • Example: my father never spared the birch
  • Synonyms: birch birch rod
  • Hypernyms: switch
  • Synonyms:

    truncheon, mace, bat, cane, club, rod, bludgeon, switch, stick, paddle, sap, blackjack, nightstick, bastinado, ferule, shillelagh, cosh, billy, shill, billyclub, spontoon, shaft, cylinder, cane, ingot, pin, baton, stick, slab, scepter, wand, billet, stave, mace, strip, switch, dowel, spike, staff, sceptre, rodule, wedge, bat, cane, bar, wand, club, rod, baton, stalk, strip, slab, shoot, ingot, ruler, rule, cudgel, stake, stave, bludgeon, stem, switch, mast, board, branch, timber, twig, billet, staff, ferrule, slat, drumstick, pummel, overwhelm, beat up, rout, trounce, spank, crush, clobber, defeat, paste, maul, whip, trim, pound, toss, wallop, belabor, seesaw, cane, kill, pitch, tan, belt, pelt, wax, lambaste, flagellate, strike, trash, lick, murder, jerk, punish, writhe, buffet, batter, slaughter, bury, rush, chasten, scourge, stir, chastise, surge, thresh, flog, toss and turn, work over, tan one's hide, cane, bat, prod, scourge, ruler, thong, rod, goad, crop, strap, push, switch, lash, belt, knout, horsewhip, rawhide, bullwhip, cat-o'-nine-tails, beat, thrash, bash, spank, lash, cane, strap, castigate, tan, hide, bludgeon, flagellate, strike, trash, punish, wallop, whale, lather, scourge, drub, chastise, switch, flog, cudgel, whomp, ferule, larrup, trim, cane, pummel, overwhelm, toss, wallop, spank, belabor, seesaw, pound, kill, pitch, tan, whip, belt, bury, rout, trounce, crush, wax, lambaste, flagellate, strike, trash, stir, lick, murder, jerk, punish, writhe, buffet, batter, slaughter, paste, flail, rush, chasten, scourge, chastise, clobber, surge, defeat, flog, maul, pelt, beat up, toss and turn, work over, tan one's hide,

    Antonyms:

    whole, surrender, create, praise, guard, protect, comfort, lose, encourage, inspirit, bear, give birth, tap, cheer, be still, discouragement, compliment, praise, protect, surrender, lose, surrender, create, compliment, praise, guard, protect, aid, comfort, lose, fail, give up, bear, give birth, tap, let go, encourage, inspirit, cheer, help,

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    birch in English: birch
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