Meanings
beech1
plural beeches
- A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.
A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.
1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC - The wood of the beech tree.
Synonyms: beech tree, beechwood
Beech2
plural Beeches
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish west of Alton, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6938).
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Warren County, Iowa, United States.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States.
- countableuncountableA surname.
plural Beeches
- aeronauticsAn aircraft made by Beechcraft.
The company had five Beeches for flying its top executives around.
1 more example
Replacing side windows on a Beech or Cessna or Piper airplane is an awful job
2020, Mike Busch, Airplane Ownership vol 2, Savvy Aviator Inc, page 75
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe wood of the beech tree.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions
nounwood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*bōkijā“beech”
- Old Englishbēċe
- Middle Englishbeche
- Englishbeech
From Middle English beche, from Old English bēċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā (“beech”). Doublet of buky. Related to English book.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ὀξύα
- ὀξύα (oxúa)tree of genus Fagus
Arabic مُرَّان, زَان
- مُرَّان (murrān)tree of genus Fagus
- زَان (zān)tree of genus Fagus
Basque pago
- pagotree of genus Fagus
Bulgarian бук
- бук (buk)tree of genus Fagus
Catalan faig
- faigtree of genus Fagus
Chinese Mandarin 山毛櫸 /山毛榉, 水青岡 /水青冈
- 山毛櫸 /山毛榉 (shānmáojǔ)tree of genus Fagus
- 水青岡 /水青冈 (shuǐqīnggāng)tree of genus Fagus
Czech buk
- buktree of genus Fagus
Danish bøg, bøgetræ
- bøgtree of genus Fagus
- bøgetrætree of genus Fagus
Dutch beuk
- beuktree of genus Fagus
Esperanto fago
- fagotree of genus Fagus
Estonian pöök
- pööktree of genus Fagus
Finnish pyökki
- pyökkitree of genus Fagus
French hêtre
- hêtretree of genus Fagus
German Buche
- Buchetree of genus Fagus
Greek οξιά
- οξιά (oxiá)tree of genus Fagus
Hebrew אשור
- אשורtree of genus Fagus
Hungarian bükk
- bükktree of genus Fagus
Icelandic beyki
- beykitree of genus Fagus
Irish feá
- feátree of genus Fagus
Italian faggio
- faggiotree of genus Fagus
Japanese 橅, 椈
- 橅 (buna)tree of genus Fagus
- 椈 (buna)tree of genus Fagus
- 桕 (buna)tree of genus Fagus
- 橿 (buna)tree of genus Fagus
Korean 너도밤나무
- 너도밤나무 (neodobamnamu)tree of genus Fagus
Latin fāgus
- fāgustree of genus Fagus
Latvian dižskābardis
- dižskābardistree of genus Fagus
Lithuanian bukas
- bukastree of genus Fagus
Malay bic, pokok bic
- bictree of genus Fagus
- pokok bictree of genus Fagus
Māori tawhai
- tawhaitree of genus Fagus
Norwegian bøk
- bøktree of genus Fagus
Persian آلش, راش
- آلش (âlaš)tree of genus Fagus
- راش (râš)tree of genus Fagus
Polish buk
- buktree of genus Fagus
Portuguese faia
- faiatree of genus Fagus
Romanian fag
- fagtree of genus Fagus
Russian бук
- бук (buk)tree of genus Fagus
Scottish Gaelic faidhbhile
- faidhbhiletree of genus Fagus
Slovak buk
- buktree of genus Fagus
Spanish haya, pellín
- hayatree of genus Fagus
- pellíntree of genus Fagus
Swahili mfune
- mfunetree of genus Fagus
Swedish bok
- boktree of genus Fagus
Turkish kayın
- kayıntree of genus Fagus
Ukrainian бук
- бук (buk)tree of genus Fagus
Vietnamese cây gie gai
- cây gie gaitree of genus Fagus
Welsh ffawydd
- ffawyddtree of genus Fagus
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
beech. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beech
“beech.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beech. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beech,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beech.
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