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Definitions for Birch

[1] any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close-grained wood. Compare birch family.
[2] the wood itself.
[3] a birch rod, or a bundle of birch twigs, used especially for whipping.
[4] birchen.
[5] to beat or punish with or as if with a birch: The young ruffians were birched soundly by their teacher.
[6] any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula, having thin peeling bark See also silver birch
[7] the hard close-grained wood of any of these trees
[8] the birch a bundle of birch twigs or a birch rod used, esp formerly, for flogging offenders
[9] of, relating to, or belonging to the birch
[10] consisting or made of birch
[11] (tr) to flog with a birch

Words related to Birch

shaft, cylinder, cane, ingot, pin, baton, stick, slab, wedge, bat, bar, wand, club, rod, stalk, strip, truncheon, nightstick, pummel, overwhelm

Words nearby Birch

biracial, biradial, biradical, biramous, biratnagar, birch, birch beer, birch family, birch partridge, birch tar oil, birchbark biting

Origin of Birch

before 900; Middle English birche, Old English birce; cognate with Old High German birka (German Birke ); akin to Sanskrit bhūrja kind of birch

Word origin for Birch

Old English bierce ; related to Old High German birihha , Sanskrit bhūrja

Synonyms for Birch

baton, cane, cylinder, ingot, pin, shaft, slab, stick, billet, dowel, mace, scepter, sceptre, spike, staff, stave, strip, switch, wand, rodule