Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun beech

2 senses of beech

Sense 1
beech, beech tree -- (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)
       => tree -- (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Sense 2
beech, beechwood -- (wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles)
       => wood -- (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)