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birch

 
Adjective birch has 1 sense
  1. birch, birchen, birken - consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree
    Antonym: nonwoody (indirect, via woody)
Noun birch has 3 senses
  1. birch - hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
    --1 is a kind of
    wood
    --1 is a substance of birch, birch tree
  2. birch, birch tree - any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
    --2 is a kind of tree
    --2 is a member of Betula, genus Betula
    --2 has substances: birch
    --2 has particulars:
     yellow birch, Betula alleghaniensis, Betula leutea; American white birch, paper birch, paperbark birch, canoe birch, Betula cordifolia, Betula papyrifera; gray birch, American gray birch, Betula populifolia; silver birch, common birch, European white birch, Betula pendula; downy birch, white birch, Betula pubescens; black birch, river birch, red birch, Betula nigra; sweet birch, cherry birch, black birch, Betula lenta; Yukon white birch, Betula neoalaskana; swamp birch, water birch, mountain birch, Western paper birch, Western birch, Betula fontinalis; Newfoundland dwarf birch, American dwarf birch, Betula glandulosa
  3. birch, birch rod - bundle of birch twigs used to hit people as punishment
    --3 is a kind of switch
    Derived form: verb birch1
Verb birch has 1 sense
  1. birch - whip with a birch twig
    --1 is one way to
    flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
    Derived form: noun birch3
    Sample sentence:
    They want to birch the prisoners
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