beeches

Gray-barked forest trees

Beeches is the plural of beech, a large deciduous tree with smooth gray bark and glossy leaves.

Beech trees produce edible nuts and are prized for their wood: The trail wound through ancient beeches.

A stand of beeches creates dense shade, their interlocking canopy blocking sunlight to the forest floor.

trees

deciduous

Sheds foliage seasonally

woodland · grove · copse · stand · trunk · branches · leaves · bark · roots · timber

ecology

beechnuts

Edible tree seeds

understory · leaf litter · fungi · mycorrhizae · habitat · native · ecosystem · biodiversity · deer · birds

landscape

hedge

Boundary of planted shrubs

avenue · specimen · arboretum · garden · boundary · windbreak · purple leaves · cultivar · tricolor · pendula

wood

furniture

Movable room objects

grain · plywood · charcoal · firewood · carving · turning · workbench · butcher block · railroad ties · planks

Categories
Opposites
tree type (deciduous vs. evergreen/coniferous)

beechesconifers

Cone-producing trees

pines · spruces · firs · evergreens · cedars

Phrases
Family

beech, beechwood, beechwoods

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G