beechen en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈbiːt͡ʃən/
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Etymology
From Middle English bechen, from Old English bēċen (“made of beechwood, beechen”), Proto-West Germanic *bōkīn, equivalent to beech + -en. Cognate with Dutch beuken (“beechen”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Consisting or made of the wood or bark of the beech tree.
Now withered lay the hemlock-sheaves, And one by one with sighing sound Whispering fell the beechen leaves In the wintry woodland wavering.
1988, J.R.R. Tolkien, Song of Beren and Lúthien:[T]o the altar each man brought some goodly offering, // A beechen cup brimming with milky foam, […]
1881, Oscar Wilde, “Charmides”, in Poems, London: David Bogue, […], →OCLC, page 105:
Translations (8)
pl bukowy (consisting, or made, of wood or bark of the beech) · fi pyökkipuinen (consisting, or made, of wood or bark of the beech) · rsk буков (consisting, or made, of wood or bark of the beech) · rsk букови (consisting, or made, of wood or bark of the beech) · fi pyökkinen (consisting, or made, of wood or bark of the beech) · tr kayın (consisting, or made, of wood or bark of the beech) · nl beuken (consisting, or made, of wood or bark of the beech) · de buchen (consisting, or made, of wood or bark of the beech)