birch
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology
From Old English birce, bierce, beorc; cognate with West Frisian bjirk, Dutch berk, German Birke, Danish birk, Swedish björk, Norwegian bjerk.
[edit] Noun
birch (plural birches)
- any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the northern hemisphere.
- a hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
- a stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.
[edit] Translations
tree
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wood
punishment device
[edit] Verb
birch (third-person singular simple present birches, present participle birching, simple past and past participle birched)
- to punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
- to punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
