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BEECHWOOD
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles
Synonyms:
beech; beechwood
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("beechwood" is a kind of...):
wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)
Holonyms ("beechwood" is a substance of...):
beech; beech tree (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)