birchwood

See also: Birchwood

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

birch +‎ wood

Noun

birchwood (countable and uncountable, plural birchwoods)

  1. (countable) A wood largely populated with birch trees (Betula spp.).
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 79:
      Well, thought I, I had better let the dogs find the way, which I did, but when I came past some rocks down there, I saw an old witch right in front of some small birchwood with a cloth on her head, a leather jacket, and black skirt; she was leaning on a crutch-handled stick and looked like a woman from the country.
  2. (uncountable) The wood from a birch tree.
    Synonym: birch
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