Definitions for beechbitʃ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
beechbitʃ(n.)
any tree of the genus Fagus, of temperate regions, having a smooth gray bark and bearing small, edible, triangular nuts.
Category: Plants
the wood of such a tree.
Category: Plants
Origin of beech:
bef. 900; ME beche, OE bēce; akin to OS boke, OHG buohha, ON bōk, L fāgus beech, Doric Gk phāgós, Albanian bung oak
beech′en(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
beech, beech tree(noun)
any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions
beech, beechwood(noun)
wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
beech(noun)ʃ
a tall tree with nuts and gray bark
a yard planted with beeches
beechʃ
a hard wood of the beech tree
a desk made out of beech
Wiktionary
beech(Noun)
A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches.
beech(Noun)
The wood of the beech tree.
Origin: From beche, from bece, from bōkijōn (compare Dutch beuk, German Buche, Danish bøg), from bōks 'beech; book'. More at book.
Webster Dictionary
Beech(noun)
a tree of the genus Fagus
Translations for beech
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
beech(noun)
(also beech tree ) a kind of forest tree with smooth silvery bark and small nuts
That tree is a beech; (also adjective) a beech forest.
- beukeboomAfrikaans

- شَجَرَةُ الزّانArabic

- букBulgarian

- faiaPortuguese (BR)

- buk(ový)Czech

- die BucheGerman

- bøgDanish

- οξιάGreek

- hayaSpanish

- pöökEstonian

- درخت راشFarsi

- pyökkiFinnish

- hêtreFrench

- אֲשוּרHebrew

- बीच वृक्षHindi

- bukvaCroatian

- bükk(fa)Hungarian

- bIndonesian

- beykitréIcelandic

- faggioItalian

- ぶなの木Japanese

- 너도밤나무Korean

- bukasLithuanian

- dižskābardis; dižskābarža-Latvian

- pokok bicMalay

- beuk; beuken-Dutch

- bøk(etre)Norwegian

- bukPolish

- درخت راشPersian

- faiaPortuguese

- fagRomanian

- букRussian

- buk; bukovýSlovak

- bukev; bukovSlovenian

- bukvaSerbian

- bok[träd]Swedish

- ต้นบีช ต้นไม้ชนิดหนึ่งในเขตหนาวThai

- kayın (ağacı)Turkish

- 山毛櫸樹Chinese (Trad.)

- букUkrainian

- دریا کے کنارے اگنے والا ایک درختUrdu

- cây sồiVietnamese

- 山毛榉树Chinese (Simp.)

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