Definition of 'birch'

Noun

1. hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
2. any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
      Synonyms: birch tree
3. a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment; "my father never spared the birch"
      Synonyms: birch rod

Verb

1. whip with a birch twig

Adjective

1. consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree
      Synonyms: birchen birken

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