beechmast

English

Alternative forms

• beech mast

Etymology

From beech +‎ mast.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbiːtʃˌmɑːst/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbit͡ʃˌmæst/

Noun

beechmast (uncountable)

1. The mast or nuts of the beech tree.
   • 1887, Edwin Lester Linden Arnold, Bird Life in England, page 182:

     Gilbert White writes, "I have consulted a sportsman who tells me that […] often there are amongst them little parties of small blue doves which he calls rockiers. The food of these numberless migrants was beechmast and some acorns."

Related terms

• beech, beech nut, beech tree

Translations

Translations

• Polish: orzeszek bukowy (pl) m, orzeszek buczynowy m, bukiew (pl) m, buczyna (pl) f

See also

bur, calybium, cupule