Definition of Beechwood

1. Noun. Wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles.

Exact synonyms: Beech
Substance meronyms: Beech, Beech Tree
Generic synonyms: Wood

Definition of Beechwood

1. Noun. The wood of the beech tree. ¹

2. Noun. A wood largely populated with beech trees. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beechwood

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beechwood

beech martens
beech mast
beech masts
beech oil
beech snap
beech tree
beechdrops
beechen
beeches
beechier
beechiest
beechmast
beechmasts
beechnut
beechnuts
beechwood (current term)
beechwood sugar
beechwood tar
beechwoods
beechy
beedi
beedie
beedies
beedis
beedom
beef-witted
beef Bourguignonne
beef Stroganoff
beef Wellington

Literary usage of Beechwood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Maryland's Colonial Eastern Shore: Historical Sketches of Counties and of by Swepson Earle, Percy G. Skirven (1916)
"East of Princess Anne, and just outside of the corporate limits of this picturesque town, is "beechwood," the home of the late Hon. Levin Lyttleton Waters. ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1874)
"Pemberton; or, One Hundred Years Ago. By Henry Peterson. beechwood. A Novel. By Rebecca Ruter Springer. Man is Love. ..."

3. Folk Songs by John Williamson Palmer (1861)
"... PIPED the blackbird on the beechwood spray: " Pretty maid, slow wandering this way, What's your name ? " quoth he ; " What's your name ? ..."

4. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1853)
"From Messrs. Burr, pears— Julienne and Dearborn's Seedling. From AD Webber, beechwood melons. From E. Wight, pears—Bartlett, Julienne, ..."

5. Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture, Civil, Architecture by John Weale (1850)
"This was the case with the beechwood tunnel on the London and Birmingham Railway, which in less than three years was considered to be in an unsafe condition ..."

6. Memoirs of a Midget by Walter De La Mare (1922)
"beechwood Chapter Eight | TILL THE slow train bumped on, loath to drag itself away from the happy harvest fields. Darkness was near when we ourselves ..."

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