Definition of birch
English to English adjective - Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.
source: Webster 1913 noun - hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
source: WordNet 3.0 - any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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.
source: WordNet 3.0 - A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch (B. glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (B. papyracea); the yellow birch (B. lutea); the black or cherry birch (B. lenta).
source: Webster 1913 adjective satellite - consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree
source: WordNet 3.0 verb - whip with a birch twig
source: WordNet 3.0 - To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.
source: Webster 1913
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