beech
/ˈbiːt͡ʃ/
beech noun: a tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.
Noun (1)
beech (plural beeches)
- A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.
- A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC
- The wood of the beech tree.
- Synonyms:
- beech tree, beechwood
Proper noun capitalized: Beech
Beech (countable and uncountable, plural Beeches)
- A village and civil parish west of Alton, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6938).
- An unincorporated community in Warren County, Iowa, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States.
- A surname.
Noun (2) capitalized: Beech
Beech (plural Beeches)
- An aircraft made by Beechcraft.
- The company had five Beeches for flying its top executives around.
- Replacing side windows on a Beech or Cessna or Piper airplane is an awful job2020, Mike Busch, Airplane Ownership vol 2, Savvy Aviator Inc, page 75
beech meaning in Bengali, Arabic, Malay and Persian
beech in Bengali
- বিচ গাছ
beech in Arabic
- tree of genus Fagus
- مُرَّان murrān, زَان zān
beech in Malay
- tree of genus Fagus
- bic, pokok bic
beech in Persian
- tree of genus Fagus
- آلش âlaš, راش râš
More languagesFewer languages
- beech in Vietnamese
- cây gie gai
Examples of beech in a sentence
- Beyond the stile stands an attractive row of riverside trees – alder, hazel, beech, hawthorn and ash.
- Soon the beech trees had put forth their delicate, transparent leaves.
- The looper caterpillar has been very abundant on beech and mapletrees.
Synonyms of beech
Forms of beech
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | beeches |
| plural | Beeches |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Beeches |
Origin of beech
From Middle English beche, from Old English bēċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā (“beech”). Doublet of buky. Related to English book.
Words formed from beech
- American beech
- Antarctic beech
- beech bark disease
- beech-de-mer
- beechdrops
- beechen
- Beech Forest
- Beech Grove
- beech leaf disease
- beechless
- beechlike
- beech marten
- beechmast
- beech mast
- beechnut
- beech nut
- beech oil
- beech snap
- Beechtree
- beechy
- blue beech
- Bough Beech
- Carshalton Beeches
- common beech
- copper beech
- Dombey's beech
- dwarf beech
- European beech
- High Beech
- Japanese beech
- lenga beech
- Magellan's beech
- Mexican beech
- myrtle beech
- parasol beech
- purple beech
- Siebold's beech
- silky beech
- silver beech
- southern beech
- twisted beech
- water beech
- white beech
Phrases with beech
Words that rhyme with beech
Questions about beech
- What does beech mean?
- Beech means a tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.
- What is beech in Bengali?
- Beech in Bengali is বিচ গাছ. See Beech meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is beech?
- Beech can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce beech?
- Beech is pronounced /ˈbiːt͡ʃ/.
- What is the plural of beech?
- The plural of beech is beeches.
Words near beech in the dictionary
Source and license
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