/biːt͡ʃ/
OriginFrom Middle English beche, from Old English bēċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā (“beech”). Doublet of buky. Related to English book.
- A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.
“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 wood of the beech tree.
- An aircraft made by Beechcraft.
“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”
- countable, uncountableA village and civil parish west of Alton, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6938).
- countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in Warren County, Iowa, United States.
- countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States.
- countable, uncountableA surname.
Formsbeeches(plural) · Beeches(plural)