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beech

47 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. beech (noun)
  2. beech agaric (noun)
  3. beech bark disease (noun)
  4. beech family (noun)
  5. beech fern (noun)
  6. beech fungus (noun)
  7. beech leaf snake (noun)
  8. beech marten (noun)
  9. beech mast (noun)
  10. beech scale (noun)
  11. beech seal (noun)
  12. beech-tree (noun)
  13. American beech (noun)
  14. antarctic beech (noun)
  15. Australian beech (noun)
  16. Australian beech cherry (noun)
  17. black beech (noun)
  18. black southern beech (noun)
  19. blue beech (noun)
  20. broad beech fern (noun)
  21. brown beech (noun)
  22. Cape beech (noun)
  23. clinker beech (noun)
  24. copper beech (noun)
  25. Dutch beech (noun)
  26. European beech (noun)
  27. evergreen beech (noun)
  28. hard beech (noun)
  29. Indian beech (noun)
  30. Japanese beech (noun)

beech

noun \ˈbēch\
plural beech·es 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
— beech·en \ˈbē-chən\ adjective
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Examples of BEECH

  1. a box made of beech

Origin of BEECH

Middle English beche, from Old English bēce; akin to Old English bōc beech, Old High German buohha, Latin fagus, Greek phēgos oak
First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with BEECH

beach, bleach, breach, breech, each, leach, leech, peach, pleach, preach, reach, screech, speech, teach

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