Defenition of the word birch
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Defenition of the word birch
- A tree of the genus Betula, with small leaves and a trunk that is white with darker blotches.
- Wood of the birch tree.
- hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
- whip with a birch twig
- consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree
- bundle of birch twigs used to hit people as punishment
- any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
- a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment
Synonyms for the word birch
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- birch rod
- birch tree
- birchen
- birken
Similar words in the birch
Meronymys for the word birch
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- Betula
- birch
- genus Betula
Hyponyms for the word birch
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- 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 for the word birch
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- flog
- lash
- lather
- slash
- strap
- surname
- switch
- tree
- trounce
- welt
- whip
- wood
Idioms for the word birch
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- black birch
- cherry birch
- dwarf birch
- paper birch
- river birch
- silver birch
- sweet birch
- yellow birch
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