beech
noun /biːtʃ/
/biːtʃ/
- [uncountable, countable]
enlarge image(also beech tree [countable])a tall forest tree with smooth grey bark, shiny leaves and small nuts- forests planted with beech
- beech hedges
- The great beeches towered up towards the sky.
- (also beechwood[uncountable] the wood of the beech tree/ˈbiːtʃwʊd//ˈbiːtʃwʊd/)
Word OriginOld English bēce, of Germanic origin; related to Latin fagus ‘beech’, Greek phagos ‘edible oak’.