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beechen

/ˈbiːt͡ʃən/

beechen adjective: consisting or made of the wood or bark of the beech tree.

Adjective

beechen (not comparable)

  1. Consisting or made of the wood or bark of the beech tree.
    • [T]o the altar each man brought some goodly offering, // A beechen cup brimming with milky foam, […]1881, Oscar Wilde, “Charmides”, in Poems, London: David Bogue, […], →OCLC, page 105
    • Now withered lay the hemlock-sheaves,
      And one by one with sighing sound
      Whispering fell the beechen leaves
      In the wintry woodland wavering.1988, J.R.R. Tolkien, Song of Beren and Lúthien

Origin of beechen

From Middle English bechen, from Old English bēċen (“made of beechwood, beechen”), Proto-West Germanic *bōkīn, equivalent to beech + -en. Cognate with Dutch beuken (“beechen”).

Questions about beechen

What does beechen mean?
Beechen means consisting or made of the wood or bark of the beech tree.
What part of speech is beechen?
Beechen is an adjective.
How do you pronounce beechen?
Beechen is pronounced /ˈbiːt͡ʃən/.

Words near beechen in the dictionary

  1. beech-de-mer
  2. Beecham
  3. Beechams
  4. beechdrops
  5. Beechem
  6. beechen
  7. Beecher
  8. Beechers
  9. beeches
  10. Beechey
  11. Beechford

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