Tra từ birch - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

I - noun

1. hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees;
used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
• Hypernyms:
wood
• Substance Holonyms:
birch tree
2. any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
• Syn:
birch tree
• Hypernyms:
tree
• Hyponyms:
yellow birch, Betula alleghaniensis, Betula leutea, American white birch, paper birch,
paperbark birch, canoe birch, Betula cordifolia, Betula papyrifera, grey birch, gray birch,
American grey birch, American gray birch, Betula populifolia, silver birch, common birch, European white birch,
Betula pendula, downy birch, white birch, Betula pubescens, black birch, river birch,
red birch, Betula nigra, sweet birch, cherry birch, Betula lenta, Yukon white birch,
Betula neoalaskana, swamp birch, water birch, mountain birch, Western paper birch, Western birch,
Betula fontinalis, Newfoundland dwarf birch, American dwarf birch, Betula glandulosa
• Member Holonyms:
Betula, genus Betula
3. a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree;
used to hit people as punishment
- my father never spared the birch
• Syn:
birch rod
• Hypernyms:
switch

II - verb

whip with a birch twig
• Hypernyms:
flog, welt, whip, lather, lash,
slash, strap, trounce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to birch the prisoners

III - adjective

consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree
• Syn:
birchen, birken
• Similar to:
woody