Definition of beechmast in English:

beechmast

nounˈbiːtʃmɑːstˈbitʃmæst

mass noun

The angular brown nuts of the beech tree, pairs of which are enclosed in a prickly case.
Example sentencesExamples
- Since beechmast are relatively heavy, they are not blown away by the wind but fall to the foot of the parent tree.
- When beechmast is exhausted, bramblings will flock with other finches on arable land, feeding on any weed seeds or grain.
- Acorns and beechmast were fed to pigs, but when food was scarce they could be ground and eaten by people too.
- The grey squirrel's diet consists mainly of nuts - especially acorns, beechmast, chestnuts and hazelnuts - but they eat a variety of other foods, including fruit, cereal crops, fungi and roots.
- In the fall, it will eat beechmasts, or beech tree nuts, and acorns and is not averse to raiding cornfields and orchards.
- Every autumn I would spend days there, watching the turning colours or grubbing for mushrooms and beechmast and knapped flints.
- In autumn, when the acorns, beechmasts and chestnuts start to fall, they are a source of food for birds, squirrels and the Parks deer.

Origin

Late 16th century: from beech + mast².

Definition of beechmast in US English:

beechmast

nounˈbitʃmæstˈbēCHmast

(collectively, especially when on the ground) beechnuts.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the fall, it will eat beechmasts, or beech tree nuts, and acorns and is not averse to raiding cornfields and orchards.
- Every autumn I would spend days there, watching the turning colours or grubbing for mushrooms and beechmast and knapped flints.
- Acorns and beechmast were fed to pigs, but when food was scarce they could be ground and eaten by people too.
- In autumn, when the acorns, beechmasts and chestnuts start to fall, they are a source of food for birds, squirrels and the Parks deer.
- The grey squirrel's diet consists mainly of nuts - especially acorns, beechmast, chestnuts and hazelnuts - but they eat a variety of other foods, including fruit, cereal crops, fungi and roots.
- When beechmast is exhausted, bramblings will flock with other finches on arable land, feeding on any weed seeds or grain.
- Since beechmast are relatively heavy, they are not blown away by the wind but fall to the foot of the parent tree.

Origin

Late 16th century: from beech + mast.

单词	beechmast
释义	Definition of beechmast in English: beechmast nounˈbiːtʃmɑːstˈbitʃmæst mass noun The angular brown nuts of the beech tree, pairs of which are enclosed in a prickly case. Example sentencesExamples Since beechmast are relatively heavy, they are not blown away by the wind but fall to the foot of the parent tree. When beechmast is exhausted, bramblings will flock with other finches on arable land, feeding on any weed seeds or grain. Acorns and beechmast were fed to pigs, but when food was scarce they could be ground and eaten by people too. The grey squirrel's diet consists mainly of nuts - especially acorns, beechmast, chestnuts and hazelnuts - but they eat a variety of other foods, including fruit, cereal crops, fungi and roots. In the fall, it will eat beechmasts, or beech tree nuts, and acorns and is not averse to raiding cornfields and orchards. Every autumn I would spend days there, watching the turning colours or grubbing for mushrooms and beechmast and knapped flints. In autumn, when the acorns, beechmasts and chestnuts start to fall, they are a source of food for birds, squirrels and the Parks deer. Origin Late 16th century: from beech + mast². Definition of beechmast in US English: beechmast nounˈbitʃmæstˈbēCHmast (collectively, especially when on the ground) beechnuts. Example sentencesExamples In the fall, it will eat beechmasts, or beech tree nuts, and acorns and is not averse to raiding cornfields and orchards. Every autumn I would spend days there, watching the turning colours or grubbing for mushrooms and beechmast and knapped flints. Acorns and beechmast were fed to pigs, but when food was scarce they could be ground and eaten by people too. In autumn, when the acorns, beechmasts and chestnuts start to fall, they are a source of food for birds, squirrels and the Parks deer. The grey squirrel's diet consists mainly of nuts - especially acorns, beechmast, chestnuts and hazelnuts - but they eat a variety of other foods, including fruit, cereal crops, fungi and roots. When beechmast is exhausted, bramblings will flock with other finches on arable land, feeding on any weed seeds or grain. Since beechmast are relatively heavy, they are not blown away by the wind but fall to the foot of the parent tree. Origin Late 16th century: from beech + mast.
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