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Birch
01
a deciduous tree known for its smooth bark, typically found in temperate and boreal forests
Examples
The birch trees in the forest rustled gently in the breeze.
02
a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
birches
03
hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
to birch
01
whip with a birch twig
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
birch
3rd person singular
birches
Present participle
birching
Past simple
birched
Past participle
birched
birch
01
consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
relational
ungradable
