English-Thai Dictionary
birch
N ต้นไม้ช นิดหนึ่ง ton-mai-cha-nid-nueng
birchen
A ทำ จาก ไม้ birch tam-jak-mai-birch
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
BIRCH
n.burch. A genus of trees, the Betula, of which there are several species; as the white or common birch, the dwarf birch, the Canada birch, of which there are several varieties, and the common black birch. Birch of Jamaica, a species of the Pistacia or turpentine tree.
BIRCH, BIRCHEN
a.Made of birch; consisting of birch.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BIRCH
Birch, n.; pl. Birches. Etym: [OE. birche, birk, AS. birce, beorc;akin to Icel. björk, Sw. björk, Dan. birk, D. berk, OHG. piricha, MHG. birche, birke, G. birke, Russ. bereza, Pol. brzoza, Serv. breza, Skr. bh. sq. root254. Cf. 1st Birk. ]
1. A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba ) (also called silver birch and lady birch ); the dwarf birch (B. glandulosa ); the paper or canoe birch (B. papyracea ); the yellow birch (B. lutea ); the black or cherry birch (B. lenta ).
2. The wood or timber of the birch.
3. A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging.
Note: The twigs of the common European birch (B. alba ), being tough and slender, were formerly much used for rods in schools. They were also made into brooms. The threatening twigs of birch. Shak.
4. A birch-bark canoe. Birch of Jamaica, a species (Bursera gummifera ) of turpentine tree. -- Birch partridge. (Zoöl.) See Ruffed grouse. -- Birch wine, wine made of the spring sap of the birch. -- Oil of birch. (a ) An oil obtained from the bark of the common European birch (Betula alba ), and used in the preparation of genuine ( and sometimes of the imitation ) Russia leather, to which it gives its peculiar odor. (b ) An oil prepared from the black birch (B.lenta ), said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for which it is largely sold.
BIRCH
BIRCH Birch, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.
BIRCH
Birch, v. t. [imp & p. p. Birched; p. pr. & vb. n. Birching.]
Defn: To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.
BIRCHEN
BIRCHEN Birch "en, a.
Defn: Of or relating to birch. He passed where Newark's stately tower Looks out from Yarrow's birchen bower. Sir W. Scott.
New American Oxford Dictionary
birch
birch |bərCH bərtʃ | ▶noun 1 (also birch tree ) a slender, fast-growing tree that has thin bark (often peeling ) and bears catkins. Birch trees grow chiefly in north temperate regions, some reaching the northern limit of tree growth. [Genus Betula, family Betulaceae: many species, including the yellow birch (B. alleghaniensis ) of North America. ] • (also birchwood ) the hard fine-grained pale wood of any of these trees. 2 (the birch ) chiefly historical a formal punishment in which a person is flogged with a bundle of birch twigs. ▶verb [ with obj. ] chiefly historical beat (someone ) with a bundle of birch twigs as a formal punishment. DERIVATIVES birch en |-CHən |adjective ( archaic )ORIGIN Old English bierce, birce, of Germanic origin; related to German Birke .
birchbark
birch bark |ˈbərCHˌbärk ˈbərtʃbɑrk |(also birch bark ) ▶noun the impervious bark of the North American paper birch, Betula papyrifera, used, esp. formerly by American Indians, to make canoes and containers: stretch the birchbark over a cedar frame | [ as modifier ] : birchbark baskets. • a canoe of this material.
Bircher
Birch er |ˈbərCHər ˈbərtʃər | ▶noun a member or supporter of the John Birch Society, a conservative anticommunist American organization founded in 1958. ORIGIN from the name of John Birch, a Baptist missionary and US Army Air Force officer and called the “first casualty of the Cold War, ” killed by Chinese communists in 1945.
Oxford Dictionary
birch
birch |bəːtʃ | ▶noun 1 (also birch tree ) a slender hardy tree which has thin peeling bark and bears catkins. Birch trees grow chiefly in northern temperate regions and yield hard, pale, fine-grained timber. ●Genus Betula, family Betulaceae: many species, including the silver birch (B. pendula ) of Europe. • (also birchwood ) [ mass noun ] the hard fine-grained pale wood of birch trees. 2 (the birch ) chiefly historical a formal punishment in which a person is flogged with a bundle of birch twigs. ▶verb [ with obj. ] chiefly historical beat (someone ) with a bundle of birch twigs as a formal punishment. DERIVATIVES birchen adjective ( archaic )ORIGIN Old English bierce, birce, of Germanic origin; related to German Birke .
birchbark
birch |bark ▶noun [ mass noun ] the impervious bark of the North American paper birch, formerly used by American Indians to make canoes and other items.
Bircher
Bircher |ˈbəːtʃə | ▶noun a member or supporter of the John Birch Society, an extreme right-wing and anti-communist American organization founded in 1958. ORIGIN from the name of John Birch, a USAF officer and ‘first casualty of the Cold War ’, killed by Chinese communists in 1945.
Duden Dictionary
Birchermüesli
Bir cher mües li Substantiv, Neutrum schweizerisch , das Birchermus |B i rchermüesli |nach dem schweizerischen Arzt M. Bircher-Benner (1867 –1939 )Rohkostgericht aus eingeweichten Haferflocken, Zitronensaft, Kondensmilch, geriebenen Äpfeln o. Ä. und gemahlenen Nüssen oder Mandeln
Birchermus
Bir cher mus Substantiv, Neutrum , das Birchermüsli ; Birchermüesli |B i rchermus |nach dem schweizerischen Arzt M. Bircher-Benner (1867 –1939 )Rohkostgericht aus eingeweichten Haferflocken, Zitronensaft, Kondensmilch, geriebenen Äpfeln o. Ä. und gemahlenen Nüssen oder Mandeln
Birchermüsli
Bir cher müs li Substantiv, Neutrum , das Birchermus |B i rchermüsli |das Birchermüsli; Genitiv: des Birchermüsli [s ], Plural: die Birchermüsli [s ] nach dem schweizerischen Arzt M. Bircher-Benner (1867 –1939 )Rohkostgericht aus eingeweichten Haferflocken, Zitronensaft, Kondensmilch, geriebenen Äpfeln o. Ä. und gemahlenen Nüssen oder Mandeln
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
birch
birch /bəː r tʃ /名詞 1 C 〘植 〙カバ (birch tree ) 〘カバノキ科シラカバ属 〙; U カバ材 .2 C カバ材のむち (birch rod ).
The Wordsmith Dictionary