birch

/bˈɝtʃ/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

adjective

1. consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree

noun

1. hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
2. any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
3. 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”

verb

1. whip with a birch twig

Synonyms for birch

• birchen
• birken
• woody
• birch tree
• birch rod

Words that rhyme with birch

• perch
• lurch
• search
• church
• research
• bertch
• bertsch
• bertsche
• burch
• burtch
• citysearch
• durch
• gertsch
• lerche
• upchurch
• whitchurch