beech
/ˈbiːt͡ʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.27 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.
noun
The wood of the beech tree.
name
A village and civil parish west of Alton, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6938).
Countable; Uncountable
name
An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky."
- "The company had five Beeches for flying its top executives around."
- "Replacing side windows on a Beech or Cessna or Piper airplane is an awful job"
Etymology
From Middle English beche, from Old English bēċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā (“beech”). Doublet of buky. Related to English book.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: beche, bēċe, *bōkijā