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birch

/ birch /

noun/verb

noun Sense 1

bundle of birch twigs used to hit people as punishment

Type of:

switch

noun Sense 2

any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark

Type of:

tree

Kinds of:

yellow birch Betula alleghaniensis Betula leutea American white birch paper birch

Has parts:

Betula genus Betula

noun Sense 3

hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood

Type of:

wood

Has parts:

birch tree

verb Sense 4

whip with a birch twig

Type of:

flog welt whip

Derived:

birch rod

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s something with something

adjective satellite Sense 5

consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree

Similar:

woody

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