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Definition of beech noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

beech

noun
beech pronunciation English biːtʃ beech pronunciation American biːtʃ
 
1 [uncountable, countable] (also beech tree [countable]) a tall forest tree with smooth grey bark, shiny leaves and small nutsforests planted with beechbeech hedgesThe great beeches towered up towards the sky. see also copper beech2 (also beechwood
beechwood pronunciation English ˈbiːtʃwʊd beechwood pronunciation American ˈbiːtʃwʊd
) [uncountable] the wood of the beech tree