birch

About 3.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere.
2. noun A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
3. noun A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.
4. noun A birch-bark canoe.
5. verb To punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
6. verb To punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.

Similar words

birch tree birken woody birch rod alder choice hirschfeld pfeiffer birchwood black birch

Often followed by

and bark society trees tree is in was forest

Word family

birched birchen birches birching