beech

/biːt͡ʃ/

name 4noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

elder, enormous, large, poplar, silver, strong, turned

VERB + BEECH

includes, pine

BEECH + NOUN

cessna, chestnut, denmark, family, ivy, linden, oak, sallow

PREP.

among, from, on, with

ADV.

especially, roughly

Definitions

noun

A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.

A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.

The wood of the beech tree.

name

A village and civil parish west of Alton, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6938).

An unincorporated community in Warren County, Iowa, United States.

An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States.

A surname.

noun

An aircraft made by Beechcraft.

The company had five Beeches for flying its top executives around.

Replacing side windows on a Beech or Cessna or Piper airplane is an awful job

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — wood of any of various beech trees

beechwood

Antonyms

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A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.

Wiktionary

The company had five Beeches for flying its top executives around.

Wiktionary

Replacing side windows on a Beech or Cessna or Piper airplane is an awful job

Wiktionary

As the three men entered the alley, a bird resembling a crow flew from the top of a large beech tree as if it had been frightened.

Tatoeba · #1240809

The beech woods of Denmark are acknowledged by everyone to be very beautiful.

Tatoeba · #2672645

A truffle is a fungus which lives in symbiosis with the roots of certain plants, such as oak, hazel, beech, poplar and willow trees.

Tatoeba · #6761237

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