beech (redirected from European beeches)

beech  (bch) n. 1. a. A deciduous tree of the genus Fagus having smooth gray bark, alternate simple leaves, and three-angled nuts enclosed in prickly burs. The best-known species are F. grandifolia of eastern North America and the European species F. sylvatica and its numerous cultivated forms. b. The wood of any of these trees, used for flooring, containers, plywood, and tool handles. 2. Any of several other woody plants, as in the genera Carpinus and Nothofagus. [Middle English beche, from Old English bce; see bhgo- in Indo-European roots.]

beech American beech Fagus grandifolia

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beech [biːtʃ]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any N temperate tree of the genus Fagus, esp F. sylvatica of Europe, having smooth greyish bark: family Fagaceae

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any tree of the related genus Nothofagus, of temperate Australasia and South America

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the hard wood of any of these trees, used in making furniture, etc

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) See copper beech

[Old English bēce; related to Old Norse bók, Old High German buohha, Middle Dutch boeke, Latin fāgus beech, Greek phēgos edible oak]

beechen , beechy adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	beech - any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions beech tree beechnut - small sweet triangular nut of any of various beech trees Fagus, genus Fagus - beeches beechwood, beech - wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles common beech, European beech, Fagus sylvatica - large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely planted as an ornamental in North America copper beech, Fagus purpurea, Fagus sylvatica atropunicea, Fagus sylvatica purpurea, purple beech - variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves American beech, Fagus americana, Fagus grandifolia, red beech, white beech - North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts Fagus pendula, Fagus sylvatica pendula, weeping beech - variety of European beech with pendulous limbs Japanese beech - a beech native to Japan having soft light yellowish-brown wood tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
	2.	beech - wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles beechwood beech, beech tree - any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

Translations

beech [biːtʃ]

A. N (= tree) → haya f; (= wood) → hayedo m

B. CPD beech grove N → hayal m
beech tree N → haya f

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beech [ˈbiːtʃ]

n (= tree) → hêtre m (= wood) → hêtre m
solid beech → hêtre massif

modif

[furniture] → en hêtre; [finish] → façon hêtre inv

[hedge] → de hêtres

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beech

n

(= tree) → Buche f

(= wood) → Buche (→ nholz nt) f

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beech:

beech mast

n → Bucheckern pl

beechnut

n → Buchecker f

beech tree

n → Buche f

beechwood

n

(= material) → Buchenholz nt

(= trees) → Buchenwald m

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beech [biːtʃ] n → faggio

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beech [biːtʃ] n → faggio

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beech

n beech [biːtʃ]

1 (alsobeech tree) a kind of forest tree with smooth silvery bark and small nuts That tree is a beech; (also adjective ) a beech forest. beukeboom شَجَرَةُ الزّان бук buk(ový) bøg die Buche οξιά haya pöök درخت راش pyökki hêtre אֲשוּר बीच वृक्ष bukva bükk(fa) b beykitré faggio ぶなの木 너도밤나무 bukas dižskābardis; dižskābarža- pokok bic beuk; beuken- bøk(etre) buk faia fag бук buk; bukový bukev; bukov bukva bok[] ต้นบีช ต้นไม้ชนิดหนึ่งในเขตหนาว kayın (ağacı) 山毛櫸樹 бук دریا کے کنارے اگنے والا ایک درخت cây sồi 山毛榉树

2 its wood. beukehout خَشَبُ شَجَرَةِ الزّان букова дървесина bukový háj bøgetræ das Buchenholz ξύλο οξιάς haya pöögipuit چوب راش pyökki hêtre עֵץ בּוּק बीच वृक्ष की लकड़ी bukovina bükkfa kayu bek beyki, beykiviður faggio ぶな材 너도밤나무 재목 buko mediena dižskābarža- kayu bic beuken bøk(eved) buczyna faia (lemn de) fag буковая древесина bučina bukovina bukovina bok ไม้บีช kayın kerestesi 山毛櫸木 букова деревина اس کی لکڑی gỗ sồi 山毛榉木