beech
any deciduous tree of the genus Fagus, of temperate regions, having a smooth gray bark and bearing small, edible, triangular nuts.
Also called beechwood. the wood from a beech tree of the genus Fagus, including the commonly cultivated European beech.
any member of the beech family (Fagaceae).
Origin of beech
1Other words from beech
- beech·en, adjective
- beech·y, adjective
Words that may be confused with beech
- beach, beech
Words Nearby beech
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How to use beech in a sentence
Instead, to deliver some guts, the Austrian brand’s designers trusted the damping and stability of its poplar and beech core.
Runners-Up Review: These Powder Skis Almost Made Our 2022 Winter Buyer’s Guide | agintzler | January 9, 2022 | Outside OnlineTwo sheets of titanal back a poplar and beech wood core with most of the denser beech positioned underfoot for added power.
Runners-Up Review: The Frontside Skis That Almost Made Our 2022 Winter Buyer’s Guide | agintzler | December 5, 2021 | Outside OnlineThese relationships are important for the southern beech trees that dominate Patagonia’s forests.
You’ve heard of truffle pigs. Now get ready for truffle birds. | Kate Baggaley | October 29, 2021 | Popular-ScienceSleep behavior has been researched in birches and oaks, and beeches can measure day length—all of this requires light receptors that transmit signals to the trees and spur the whole organism into action.
Plants Feel Pain and Might Even See - Issue 104: Harmony | Peter Wohlleben | July 21, 2021 | Nautilusbeech-Nut is still in existence, and is the third largest baby food manufacturer in the United States.
The Flying Sorcery of Dr. Strange: Benedict Cumberbatch Is Marvel's Most Bizarre Magician | Rich Goldstein | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
White King Soap sponsored the show on the West Coast, and beech-Nut Gum in the East.
The Flying Sorcery of Dr. Strange: Benedict Cumberbatch Is Marvel's Most Bizarre Magician | Rich Goldstein | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith just two small, double engine beech 18s and a handful of employees, Phoenix was born.
The American Ebola Rescue Plan Hinges on One Company. Meet Phoenix. | Abby Haglage | November 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere were long brown mountains and a few pines and far-off forests of beech-trees on some of the mountainsides.
Somewhere over the rainbow—specifically atop beech Mountain in western North Carolina—a yellow brick road leads straight to Oz.
Follow the Yellow Brick Road…to North Carolina | Nina Strochlic | February 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt has been shown by Chevandrier, that an acre of land under beech wood accumulates annually about 1650 lb.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas AndersonThe emblems on his monument are a branch of beech, a winged A, a wreathed snake and a lamp.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellWe had no time to make a dash for the house, so we took shelter under some spreading beech trees at the edge of the woods.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurThere used to be a tradition that lightning never strikes a beech tree, but that was not our reason for choosing them.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurIn a little while the high beech-ridge over which she had been travelling ended in a narrow cedar-swamp.
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward White
British Dictionary definitions for beech
/ (biːtʃ) /
any N temperate tree of the genus Fagus, esp F. sylvatica of Europe, having smooth greyish bark: family Fagaceae
any tree of the related genus Nothofagus, of temperate Australasia and South America
the hard wood of any of these trees, used in making furniture, etc
See copper beech
Origin of beech
1Derived forms of beech
- beechen or beechy, adjective
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