birchwood

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noun

A wood largely populated with birch trees (Betula spp.).

Less commonScrabble 20

Meanings

birchwood1

nounbirchwood (countable and uncountable, plural birchwoods)

plural birchwoods · alternative birch wood

  1. countableA wood largely populated with birch trees (Betula spp.).
    1 more example

    Well, thought I, I had better let the dogs find the way, which I did, but when I came past some rocks down there, I saw an old witch right in front of some small birchwood with a cloth on her head, a leather jacket, and black skirt; she was leaning on a crutch-handled stick and looked like a woman from the country.

    1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 79
  2. uncountableThe wood from a birch tree.

    Synonyms: birch

Birchwood2

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe wood from a birch tree.

Similar

proper nounSynonym of Birchwood Village, Minnesota.

Origin

Translations

Czech březina
  • březinawood populated with birches
Danish birkeskov
  • birkeskovwood populated with birches
Dutch berkenbos
  • berkenboswood populated with birches
Finnish koivumetsä, koivikko
  • koivumetsäwood populated with birches
  • koivikkowood populated with birches
German Birkenwald, Birkenhain
  • Birkenwaldwood populated with birches
  • Birkenhainwood populated with birches
Hungarian nyírfaerdő
  • nyírfaerdőwood populated with birches
Icelandic bjarkarskógur
  • bjarkarskógurwood populated with birches
Latvian bērzājs
  • bērzājswood populated with birches
Lithuanian beržýnas
  • beržýnaswood populated with birches
Romanian mestecăniște
  • mestecăniștewood populated with birches
Russian березня́к
  • березня́к (bereznják)wood populated with birches
Spanish abedular
  • abedularwood populated with birches
Swedish björkskog
  • björkskogwood populated with birches
Ukrainian березня́к
  • березня́к (bereznják)wood populated with birches
Cite this entry
APA

birchwood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birchwood

MLA

“birchwood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birchwood. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “birchwood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birchwood.

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