Birch - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|bɜːrtʃ|
Brit.
|bɜːtʃ|
noun
- hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
- 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
- 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
my father never spared the birch
verb
- whip with a birch twig
adjective
Extra examples
In those days, schoolchildren got the birch when they misbehaved.
...students at the private school were once routinely birched for violating the rules...
...always a stern disciplinarian, our father birched anyone who talked back...
The birch makes a hot, snappy fire.
Word forms
noun
singular: birch
plural: birches
singular: birch
plural: birches
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