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beeches, plural;
  1. A large tree with smooth gray bark, glossy leaves, and hard, pale, fine-grained timber. Its fruit, the beechnut, is an important food for numerous wild birds and mammals

  1. (beech) any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions
  2. (beech) wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles
  3. Beeches is a house in Frankfort, Kentucky that was built in 1800. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
  4. The Beeches, also known as the Huntington-Skinner House and Woman's Club of St. Albans, is a historic home located at St. Albans, West Virginia. It was built about 1874 for Henry Edwards Huntington in the Italianate style. After its purchase in 1903 by locale magnate J. V. R. ...
  5. Beech (Fagus) is a genus of ten species of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia and North America.
  6. (beech) A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches; The wood of the beech tree
  7. (Beech) a strong, workable hardwood similar in appearance to maple, with a light grain and a light creamy-red tone.
  8. (Beech) A European tree having smooth, greyish bark. This versatile and strong timber has a light creamy-red tone and has good working properties.
  9. (Beech) (Europe/USA) A cream-white veneer with a delicately flecked figure. Width 8-10 inches.
  10. (Beech) A very strong hardwood that is often used for stock cabinets.
  11. (Beech) Any of a number of hard timbers of the genus fagus, having characteristics of straight, close grain and good workability. Beech is often used in furniture, turnings, tools, and similar products.
  12. (Beech) Lasting hardwood with light grain patterns. This wood is perfect for stained and painted finishes.
  13. (Beech) Short for Beechcraft, an aircraft manufacturer. Usually used in reference to a Beech D-18, a.k.a. Twin Beech. At one time these were common skydiving planes, but they are becoming obsolete.
  14. Beech is a heavy, pale-coloured, medium-to-hard wood used widely as another maple substitute for contemporary kitchen design styling. It’s fine, tight grain and large medullar rays make a great looking veneer slab door.