plural beeches or 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
Examples of beech in a Sentence
a box made of beech
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Shades of fire and flame illuminate maples and hickories, while towering oaks and beeches change to copper before emptying their branches.
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Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Yellow birches, beeches, and hobblebushes show flashes of color as early as mid-September in higher elevations—like those along the Sugarland Mountain and Appalachian Trails—and autumn wildflowers like coreopsis, goldenrods, asters, and black-eyed Susans add layers of other colors.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
Cosimo, the main character, lives a full and adventurous life in the trees, among the branches of holm oaks, cork oaks, oaks, olive trees, beech trees and chestnut trees.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
It has been detected in CT The disease that has been killing beech trees in the eastern U.S. for more than a decade, but has begun spreading more rapidly in the past three years.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
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Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Yellow birches, beeches, and hobblebushes show flashes of color as early as mid-September in higher elevations—like those along the Sugarland Mountain and Appalachian Trails—and autumn wildflowers like coreopsis, goldenrods, asters, and black-eyed Susans add layers of other colors.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
Cosimo, the main character, lives a full and adventurous life in the trees, among the branches of holm oaks, cork oaks, oaks, olive trees, beech trees and chestnut trees.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
It has been detected in CT The disease that has been killing beech trees in the eastern U.S. for more than a decade, but has begun spreading more rapidly in the past three years.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for beech
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“Beech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beech. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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