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Birch

noun

1 birch

Hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood.

Polish: brzoza, brzezina

2 birch

Any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark.

synonym: birch tree.

Dutch: berk
Polish: brzoza

3 birch

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.

synonym: birch rod.

Roget 975: scourge, rod, cane, stick; ratan, rattan; birch, birch rod; azote, blacksnake, bullwhack [U.S.], chicote, kurbash, quirt, ... show more

verb

1 birch

Whip with a birch twig.

Roget 972: punish; chastise, chasten; castigate, correct, inflict punishment, administer correction, deal retributive justice; cowhide, lambaste [Slang].    visit upon, pay; pay out, serve out; ... show more

adjective

1 birch

Consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree.

synonyms: birchen, birken.

Polish: brzozowy


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Bircher

Moby thesaurus: Bourbon, Tory, conservatist, conservative, diehard, extreme right-winger, hard hat, imperialist, monarchist, radical right, reactionarist, reactionary, reactionist, right, right wing, right-winger, rightist, royalist, social Darwinist, standpat ... show more.

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