1. (

• birch ,

) hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood ;

2. (

• birch ,
• birch_tree

) any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark ;

3. (

• birch ,
• birch_rod

) a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment; "my father never spared the birch" ;

1. (

• birch

) whip with a birch twig ;

1. (

• birch ,
• birchen ,
• birken

) consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree ;