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# beech

noun (a beech, beeches; beech — the wood, uncountable)

«beech» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A beech is a large tree with smooth grey bark and shiny oval leaves, found in Europe and North America. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beech/#m1)
2. Beech is also the hard, pale wood of this tree, used to make furniture and toys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beech/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on trees and seasons, beech is easy to recognise by its smooth grey bark; its small three-sided nuts (beechnuts or beech mast) are eaten by squirrels, mice and birds; young beech hedges keep their brown leaves all winter. In design and technology, beech wood is used for spoons, chopping boards and toys. Phrases: «beech tree», «beech wood/beechwood», «beech hedge», «beechnut».

### Examples

- A huge beech tree grows in the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beech/#x1)
- The beech has smooth grey bark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beech/#x2)
- Squirrels collect beechnuts in autumn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beech/#x3)
- Our wooden spoon is made of beech. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beech/#x4)
- The beech hedge keeps its brown leaves in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beech/#x5)
- Bluebells grow in the beech woods in spring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beech/#x6)
- The nightingale sings among the finely-fringed beech-leaves, looking at the blooming apple trees of the garden, and thinking that they bear roses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beech/#x7)

### Note

Homophone trap: «beech» (the tree) and «beach» (sand by the sea) sound the same. Memory trick: a beech has two «e»s like a tree. Plural: «beeches».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «beech» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beech/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«beech» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/beech.html) on Mova free.