beech

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

beech [beech beeches] BrE [biːtʃ] NAmE [biːtʃ] noun
1. uncountable, countable (also ˈbeech 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.
see also ↑copper beech
2. (also ˈbeech·wood BrE [ˈbiːtʃwʊd] ; NAmE [ˈbiːtʃwʊd] )uncountable the wood of the beech tree
See also: ↑beech tree

Word Origin:
Old English bēce, of Germanic origin; related to Latin fagus ‘beech’, Greek phagos ‘edible oak’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  beechwood, beech tree