beech
noun
\ ˈbēch
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plural beeches
or beech
Definition of beech
: any of a genus (Fagus of the family Fagaceae, the beech family) of hardwood trees with smooth gray bark and small edible nuts
also
: its wood
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Other Words from beech
beechen
\ ˈbē-chən
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adjective
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adjective
Examples of beech in a Sentence
a box made of beech
Recent Examples on the Web
The scent was made to resemble something that does not exist at the top of one of the tallest buildings in the world: trees, all native to New York State, including beeches, mountain ashes and red maples. — James Barron, New York Times, "That Smell at the Top of One World Trade? It’s on Purpose," 7 Aug. 2019 Frank and other scientists had observed that truffles always grew around certain trees, such as beeches, hornbeams, oaks, and pines. — Ferris Jabr, Harper's magazine, "The Story of Storytelling," 10 Mar. 2019 Still, California beech trees in my North Bay environment were looking unlikely. — C.d. Wright, Harper's magazine, "Life’s a Beech," 10 Jan. 2019 More often trees can be mighty and majestic — oaks, redwoods, beeches. — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, "Making art of root and branch, trunk and leaf in “Trees II”," 21 June 2018 The landscape is a wonderland of holly trees and stands of Native American beeches that have been untouched for centuries, gorgeous fields of wildflowers and, overhead, eagles, osprey and hawks. — BostonGlobe.com, "How to do Cape Cod on a budget," 6 June 2018 The land is mostly wet woods, with many mature trees, including shagbark hickory, American beech, American elm, black gum, red maple, pin oak and chestnut oak. — Grant Segall, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Metroparks gain more land and visitors (photos)," 15 Mar. 2018 The dominance of beech was also especially notable in some key tourist areas — the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the Adirondack Mountains of New York and the Green Mountains of Vermont. — Patrick Whittle, The Seattle Times, "Beech booming as climate changes, and that’s bad for forests," 25 Feb. 2018 The dominance of beech was also especially notable in some key tourist areas — the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the Adirondack Mountains of New York and the Green Mountains of Vermont. — Washington Post, "Beech booming as climate changes, and that’s bad for forests," 25 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'beech.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for beech
beech
noun
English Language Learners Definition of beech
: a kind of tree that has smooth gray bark and small nuts
: the wood of the beech
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beech
noun
\ ˈbēch
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Kids Definition of beech
: a tree with smooth gray bark, deep green leaves, and small edible nuts
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