BIRCH ROD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment

Example:

my father never spared the birch

Synonyms:

birch; birch rod

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("birch rod" is a kind of...):

switch (a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment)

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