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birch

adjective noun verb

consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree

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Word length
5
Starts with
B
Ends with
H
Contains
IRC
Scrabble score
12
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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adjective

  1. consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree

noun

  1. a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment

    “my father never spared the birch”

noun

  1. any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark

noun

  1. hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood

verb

  1. whip with a birch twig

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my father never spared the birch

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