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birchwoods

birchwoods is the plural of birchwood.

Meaning of birchwood

Noun

birchwood (countable and uncountable, plural birchwoods)

  1. (countable) A wood largely populated with birch trees (Betula spp.).
    • Well, thought I, I had better let the dogs find the way, which I did, but when I came past some rocks down there, I saw an old witch right in front of some small birchwood with a cloth on her head, a leather jacket, and black skirt; she was leaning on a crutch-handled stick and looked like a woman...1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 79
  2. (uncountable) The wood from a birch tree.
    Synonyms:
    birch

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Questions about birchwoods

What is birchwoods the plural of?
Birchwoods is the plural of birchwood.

Words near birchwoods in the dictionary

  1. birchrind
  2. Birchs
  3. Birchs Bay
  4. birchwood
  5. Birchwood Village
  6. birchwoods
  7. birchy
  8. Birchy Bay
  9. Birckbichler
  10. Bircotes
  11. bird

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