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Definition birch in British English

birch noun

noun
/bɜː(r)tʃ/
1

a tall tree with thin branches and an outer layer that comes off in thin strips like paper

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acacia alder almond
1.1

the wood from this tree

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ash balsa beech
2

an old-fashioned form of corporal punishment in which someone is hit hard with a thin stick

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beating the birch box someone’s ears
Definition birch in British English