Dictionary

birchwood en · NOUN

Etymology

From birch + wood.

Meanings

1. (countable) A wood largely populated with birch trees (Betula spp.).
   • 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. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 79:
2. (uncountable) The wood from a birch tree.

Forms

Deriveds

Birchwood

Synonyms

birch

Translations (17)

hu nyírfaerdő (wood populated with birches) · nl berkenbos (wood populated with birches) · da birkeskov (wood populated with birches) · lv bērzājs (wood populated with birches) · ro mestecăniște (wood populated with birches) · de Birkenwald (wood populated with birches) · cs březina (wood populated with birches) · es abedular (wood populated with birches) · fi koivikko (wood populated with birches) · uk березня́к (wood populated with birches) · hy կեչուտ (wood populated with birches) · ru березня́к (wood populated with birches) · fi koivumetsä (wood populated with birches) · lt beržýnas (wood populated with birches) · sv björkskog (wood populated with birches) · de Birkenhain (wood populated with birches) · is bjarkarskógur (wood populated with birches)