--- title: B — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 15 description: The 1119 words of the English dictionary under B, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / B # B — The English dictionary · page 15 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* A beaver is a large rodent with thick brown fur, strong teeth and a wide, flat tail, that lives near rivers and lakes.[↗](../../beaver/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To beaver away is to work very hard and steadily at something.[↗](../../beaver/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Beavers build dams across streams with sticks and mud.[↗](../../beaver/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A beaver slapped its tail on the water as a warning.[↗](../../beaver/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Beavers live in homes called lodges.[↗](../../beaver/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The beaver is a symbol of Canada.[↗](../../beaver/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She's been beavering away at her project all afternoon.[↗](../../beaver/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Beavers' front teeth never stop growing.[↗](../../beaver/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **because** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Because gives the reason for something.[↗](../../because/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I am wet because it rained.[↗](../../because/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Because of» comes before a noun to give the reason.[↗](../../because/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The game stopped because of the rain.[↗](../../because/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (casual) «Cos», «coz», «'cause» and in texts «bc» or «bcos» are short spoken or texted forms of because.[↗](../../because/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (casual) «Because» alone, or «Just because», is a refusal to give a reason: «Why?»[↗](../../because/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") «Because I said so.».[↗](../../because/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (formal) The exam voice says «owing to», «due to», «on account of», «since», «in consequence of», «by virtue of» where a child would say «because».[↗](../../because/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Student: I add : 9 (because of «more»)[↗](../../because/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We subtract because some cookies were eaten.[↗](../../because/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We multiply because there are 4 equal groups.[↗](../../because/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I stayed home because I was sick.[↗](../../because/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The plant died because it had no water.[↗](../../because/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We could not play outside because of the storm.[↗](../../because/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaves fall in autumn because the days grow cold.[↗](../../because/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She smiled because she got a gold star.[↗](../../because/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · cant come cos mum says no[↗](../../because/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · only got 3 left bc my brother ate the rest[↗](../../because/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · «Why do I have to go to bed?»[↗](../../because/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") «Because I said so, that's why.»[↗](../../because/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Owing to the inclement weather, the outing was postponed.[↗](../../because/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · “Because I am grown up, dearest.[↗](../../because/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great?[↗](../../because/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../because/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · So Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd.[↗](../../because/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JON.4.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../because/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And they were adread because of the children of Israel.[↗](../../because/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.1.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../because/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · My wounds are noisome, they fester, because of my foolishness.[↗](../../because/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.38.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../because/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") **beckon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To beckon is to move the hand or head to call someone to come closer.[↗](../../beckon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To beckon can also mean to attract or tempt, as bright lights seem to call you.[↗](../../beckon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She beckoned to me with her hand.[↗](../../beckon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The waves beckoned the children to the beach.[↗](../../beckon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lights of the town beckoned to us.[↗](../../beckon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He nodded and beckoned us in.[↗](../../beckon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **become** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To become is to start to be something.[↗](../../become/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A seed becomes a plant.[↗](../../become/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To become is to change into something new over time, like a caterpillar becomes a butterfly.[↗](../../become/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Something becomes you if it looks nice on you (old-fashioned: «that dress becomes you»).[↗](../../become/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After he gave away 5, his marbles became 12.[↗](../../become/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The price became $8.[↗](../../become/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tadpoles become frogs.[↗](../../become/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many did it become?[↗](../../become/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Water becomes ice at 0 degrees Celsius.[↗](../../become/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I want to become a vet when I grow up.[↗](../../become/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The two girls became best friends.[↗](../../become/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The sky became dark and it started to rain.[↗](../../become/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A caterpillar becomes a butterfly.[↗](../../become/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · It will soon become like ice.[↗](../../become/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Art thou become like unto us?[↗](../../become/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.14.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../become/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Why is he become a prey?[↗](../../become/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.2.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../become/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · How is the gold become dim\![↗](../../become/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.4.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../become/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **becomest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «becomest» means «you become», a form of «become».[↗](../../becomest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To become is to start to be something.[↗](../../becomest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A seed becomes a plant.[↗](../../becomest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Poor child! thy friend's bridal chamber is a black coffin, and thou becomest an old maid.[↗](../../becomest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) **becometh** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «becometh» means «becomes», a form of «become».[↗](../../becometh/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To become is to start to be something.[↗](../../becometh/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A seed becomes a plant.[↗](../../becometh/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* and she departeth out of his house, and goeth and becometh another man's wife,[↗](../../becometh/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.24.2, JPS 1917) **bed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bed is furniture you sleep on.[↗](../../bed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A garden bed (flower bed) is a patch of ground for plants.[↗](../../bed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The bed of a river or sea is the ground at its bottom.[↗](../../bed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Go to bed» means go to sleep at night.[↗](../../bed/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hotel has 40 beds.[↗](../../bed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each flower bed has 12 tulips.[↗](../../bed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He goes to bed at 8:30.[↗](../../bed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden bed is 6 feet long.[↗](../../bed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please make your bed.[↗](../../bed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We sleep in bunk beds.[↗](../../bed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Crabs walk along the sea bed.[↗](../../bed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The river bed was dry in summer.[↗](../../bed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She read a story in bed.[↗](../../bed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Children need about 10 hours of sleep, so go to bed on time.[↗](../../bed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Get out of bed this minute."[↗](../../bed/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Israel bowed down upon the bed's head.[↗](../../bed/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.47.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bed/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.[↗](../../bed/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.15.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bed/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.[↗](../../bed/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.15.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bed/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · In the beds where it grew it shall wither.'[↗](../../bed/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.17.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bed/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.[↗](../../bed/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.7.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bed/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.[↗](../../bed/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.28.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bed/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") **bedchamber** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old, formal) A bedroom, especially in a palace or a grand house.[↗](../../bedchamber/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A bedroom, especially a grand one in a palace or large house.[↗](../../bedchamber/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The princess slept in a grand bedchamber.[↗](../../bedchamber/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The prince crept into the king's bedchamber.[↗](../../bedchamber/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Servants lit the fire in the queen's bedchamber.[↗](../../bedchamber/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old castle we saw the royal bedchamber.[↗](../../bedchamber/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Lady of the Bedchamber helped the queen dress.[↗](../../bedchamber/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the Three Bears thought it necessary that they should make farther search; so they went upstairs into their bedchamber.[↗](../../bedchamber/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought, and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber; for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.[↗](../../bedchamber/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.10.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bedchamber/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the Three Bears thought it necessary that they should make farther search; so they went upstairs into their bedchamber.[↗](../../bedchamber/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (English Fairy Tales) · One hall was more magnificent than the other; one might indeed well be abashed; and at last they came into the bedchamber.[↗](../../bedchamber/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Andersen's Fairy Tales) · My sweetheart knows a little back stair that leads to the bedchamber, and she knows where she can get the key of it.”[↗](../../bedchamber/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Andersen's Fairy Tales) **bedclothes** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The covers on a bed: sheets, blankets, a duvet or quilt, and pillowcases.[↗](../../bedclothes/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She pulled the bedclothes over her head.[↗](../../bedclothes/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad tied his bedclothes together to make a rope.[↗](../../bedclothes/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat was asleep in a heap of bedclothes.[↗](../../bedclothes/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum changes the bedclothes every week.[↗](../../bedclothes/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bedclothes were all tangled after the nightmare.[↗](../../bedclothes/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Never climb out of a window on bedclothes – it's dangerous.[↗](../../bedclothes/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They talked about it all, while the little Rabbit lay under the bedclothes, with just his head peeping out, and listened.[↗](../../bedclothes/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **bedding** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The sheets, blankets, duvets, pillows and pillowcases on a bed.[↗](../../bedding/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Material such as straw, hay or wood shavings used for animals to sleep on.[↗](../../bedding/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Bedding plants are small flowers planted in a garden bed for one season.[↗](../../bedding/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Help me change the bedding on your bed.[↗](../../bedding/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We wash our bedding every Saturday.[↗](../../bedding/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The hamster needs fresh bedding.[↗](../../bedding/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The horse had straw bedding in its stable.[↗](../../bedding/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My new bedding has dinosaurs on it.[↗](../../bedding/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dust mites live in old bedding.[↗](../../bedding/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Granny planted bedding plants along the path.[↗](../../bedding/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Pack sleeping bags or bedding for the sleepover.[↗](../../bedding/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It is better to lie quiet in the mud than to be disturbed on good bedding.[↗](../../bedding/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **bedraggled** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Wet, dirty and messy, as when you have been out in rain or mud.[↗](../../bedraggled/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Looking untidy, worn out and sorry for yourself.[↗](../../bedraggled/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The kitten came in from the rain looking bedraggled.[↗](../../bedraggled/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After the storm, the garden flowers were bedraggled and bent.[↗](../../bedraggled/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bedraggled hikers finally reached the hut.[↗](../../bedraggled/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The animals climbed out of the pool wet and bedraggled.[↗](../../bedraggled/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My old teddy is bedraggled but I still love him.[↗](../../bedraggled/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad arrived home bedraggled, muddy and very sorry for himself.[↗](../../bedraggled/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Glad he was to see a light, and a minute after he was kneeling, dazed, drenched, and bedraggled by the hearth side.[↗](../../bedraggled/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **bedrock** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The solid rock that lies under soil and loose rocks.[↗](../../bedrock/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The basic idea or part that everything else depends on.[↗](../../bedrock/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Under the soil lies solid bedrock.[↗](../../bedrock/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The skyscraper is built on bedrock.[↗](../../bedrock/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Trust is the bedrock of a good team.[↗](../../bedrock/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Reading is the bedrock of learning.[↗](../../bedrock/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The river cut down through the bedrock.[↗](../../bedrock/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Workers drilled into the bedrock.[↗](../../bedrock/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bedroom** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bedroom is a room for sleeping, with a bed in it.[↗](../../bedroom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «A three-bedroom house» has three such rooms.[↗](../../bedroom/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The house has 3 bedrooms.[↗](../../bedroom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bedroom is 12 feet by 10 feet.[↗](../../bedroom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Carpet for the bedroom costs 4 dollars a square foot.[↗](../../bedroom/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each bedroom has 2 windows.[↗](../../bedroom/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I share a bedroom with my sister.[↗](../../bedroom/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tidy your bedroom before you play.[↗](../../bedroom/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The spare bedroom is for guests.[↗](../../bedroom/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Her bedroom walls are painted green.[↗](../../bedroom/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He drew a plan of his bedroom.[↗](../../bedroom/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The bedroom door creaked open.[↗](../../bedroom/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · At length they reached a bedroom.[↗](../../bedroom/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **bedside** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The area next to a bed.[↗](../../bedside/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Used before a noun for things kept next to a bed: a bedside table, bedside lamp.[↗](../../bedside/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Being at someone's bedside means staying with someone who is ill in bed.[↗](../../bedside/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I keep a book on my bedside table.[↗](../../bedside/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Switch off the bedside lamp, please.[↗](../../bedside/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum sat at my bedside when I had a fever.[↗](../../bedside/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The family gathered at Grandad's bedside in the hospital.[↗](../../bedside/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor has a gentle bedside manner.[↗](../../bedside/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My alarm clock is on the bedside cabinet.[↗](../../bedside/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So he took up a rifle which he had laid at his bedside.[↗](../../bedside/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **bedstead** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The frame of a bed, the part that holds up the mattress.[↗](../../bedstead/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old bedstead creaked when she sat on it.[↗](../../bedstead/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad carried the iron bedstead up the stairs.[↗](../../bedstead/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The little bed has a painted wooden bedstead.[↗](../../bedstead/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **bedtime** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Bedtime is the time when you usually go to bed.[↗](../../bedtime/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Bedtime can also describe things done just before sleeping, like a bedtime story.[↗](../../bedtime/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My bedtime is half past eight.[↗](../../bedtime/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad reads me a bedtime story every night.[↗](../../bedtime/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It's way past your bedtime\![↗](../../bedtime/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Brush your teeth before bedtime.[↗](../../bedtime/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · No screens an hour before bedtime.[↗](../../bedtime/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · On weekends my bedtime is later.[↗](../../bedtime/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If bedtime is 9 pm and I wake at 7 am, I sleep 10 hours.[↗](../../bedtime/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Her bedtime routine is bath, book, bed.[↗](../../bedtime/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old days at home the Neverland had always begun to look a little dark and threatening by bedtime.[↗](../../bedtime/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **bee** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bee is a flying insect with a hairy body, often yellow and black striped, that collects nectar and pollen from flowers; some bees make honey and wax.[↗](../../bee/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A bee is also a meeting or contest, like a spelling bee.[↗](../../bee/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A bee landed on the flower.[↗](../../bee/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bees make honey from nectar.[↗](../../bee/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay calm if a bee flies near you.[↗](../../bee/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The queen bee lays all the eggs.[↗](../../bee/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bumblebees are big and furry.[↗](../../bee/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She won the school spelling bee.[↗](../../bee/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Without bees, many fruits would not grow.[↗](../../bee/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He made a beeline for the cake.[↗](../../bee/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The bees could not be driven away.[↗](../../bee/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the Amorites, that dwell in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hormah.[↗](../../bee/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.1.44, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bee/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · They compass me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns; verily, in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.[↗](../../bee/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.118.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bee/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And after a while he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion; and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.[↗](../../bee/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.14.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bee/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.[↗](../../bee/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.7.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bee/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **beech** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A beech is a large tree with smooth grey bark and shiny oval leaves, found in Europe and North America.[↗](../../beech/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Beech is also the hard, pale wood of this tree, used to make furniture and toys.[↗](../../beech/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A huge beech tree grows in the park.[↗](../../beech/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The beech has smooth grey bark.[↗](../../beech/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Squirrels collect beechnuts in autumn.[↗](../../beech/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our wooden spoon is made of beech.[↗](../../beech/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The beech hedge keeps its brown leaves in winter.[↗](../../beech/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bluebells grow in the beech woods in spring.[↗](../../beech/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The nightingale sings among the finely-fringed beech-leaves, looking at the blooming apple trees of the garden, and thinking that they bear roses.[↗](../../beech/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) … [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/14/) **15** [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/16/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) - ← previous: [page 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/14/) - next →: [page 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/16/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)