beech

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun any 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
noun wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles

From Middle English beche, from Old English bēċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā (“beech”). Doublet of buky. Related to English book.

"Why," I cried, "it's a beech!" — The Lost World, Arthur Conan Doyle
The three beneath the beech saluted. — The Long Roll, Mary Johnston
Four rows of beeches surrounded this inclosure. — Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant

beech tree

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