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English
Etymology
From Middle English bechen, from Old English bēċen (“made of beechwood, beechen”), Proto-West Germanic *bōkīn, equivalent to beech + -en. Cognate with Dutch beuken (“beechen”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
beechen (not comparable)
- Consisting or made of the wood or bark of the beech tree.
1988, J.R.R. Tolkien, Song of Beren and Lúthien:Now withered lay the hemlock-sheaves,
And one by one with sighing sound
Whispering fell the beechen leaves
In the wintry woodland wavering.
Translations
consisting, or made, of wood or bark of the beech
References
Middle English
Adjective
beechen
- Alternative form of bechen