1 (also birch tree) a slender hardy tree which has thin peeling bark and bears catkins. Birch trees grow chiefly in northern temperate regions and yield hard, pale, fine-grained timber.
Genus Betula, family Betulaceae: many species, including the silver birch (B. pendula) of Europe
(also birchwood) [mass noun] the hard fine-grained pale wood of birch trees.
Genus Betula, family Betulaceae: many species, including the silver birch (B. pendula) of Europe
2 (the birch) chiefly historical a formal punishment in which a person is flogged with a bundle of birch twigs:there were calls to bring back the birch
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beat (someone) with a bundle of birch twigs as a formal punishment:the school would attempt to birch them into submission
