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beechmast

UK/ˈbiːtʃˌmɑːst/US/ˈbit͡ʃˌmæst/

beechmast noun: the mast or nuts of the beech tree.

Noun

beechmast (uncountable)

  1. The mast or nuts of the beech tree.
    • Gilbert White writes, "I have consulted a sportsman who tells me that […] often there are amongst them little parties of small blue doves which he calls rockiers. The food of these numberless migrants was beechmast and some acorns."1887, Edwin Lester Linden Arnold, Bird Life in England, page 182

Forms of beechmast

alternative formbeech mast

Origin of beechmast

From beech + mast.

Questions about beechmast

What does beechmast mean?
Beechmast means the mast or nuts of the beech tree.
What part of speech is beechmast?
Beechmast is a noun.
How do you pronounce beechmast?
Beechmast is pronounced /ˈbiːtʃˌmɑːst/ (UK).

Words near beechmast in the dictionary

  1. Beechingstoke
  2. Beechler
  3. Beechlers
  4. beechless
  5. beechlike
  6. beechmast
  7. beechnut
  8. beechnuts
  9. Beechtree
  10. Beechtrees
  11. beechwood

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