birch
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(verb) whip with a birch twig |
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Related Words: flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip |
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| 2. |
(noun) bundle of birch twigs used to hit people as punishment |
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Synonyms: birch rod |
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Related Words: switch |
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(satellite adjective) consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree |
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Synonyms: birchen, birken |
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(noun) any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark |
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Synonyms: birch tree |
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Related Words: American dwarf birch, American gray birch, American white birch, Betula alleghaniensis, Betula cordifolia, Betula fontinalis, Betula glandulosa, Betula lenta, Betula leutea, Betula neoalaskana, Betula nigra, Betula papyrifera, Betula pendula, Betula populifolia, Betula pubescens, European white birch, Newfoundland dwarf birch, Western birch, Western paper birch, Yukon white birch, black birch, canoe birch, cherry birch, common birch, downy birch, gray birch, mountain birch, paper birch, red birch, river birch, silver birch, swamp birch, sweet birch, tree, water birch, white birch, yellow birch |
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(noun) hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood |
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Related Words: wood |
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