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The bark of the birch tree, especially the white bark of the paper birch, Betula papyrifera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A piece of this bark, formerly used for writing on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: birchbark canoe, birch bark
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: canoe
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Southern Altai:
тос
(tos)
— bark of the birch tree
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Bashkir:
туҙ
(tuź)
— bark of the birch tree
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Chinese Mandarin:
樺樹皮 /桦树皮
— bark of the birch tree
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Daur:
ois
— bark of the birch tree
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Dutch:
berkenbast
— bark of the birch tree
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Finnish:
tuohi
— bark of the birch tree
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Galician:
casca de bidueiro
— bark of the birch tree
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German:
Birkenrinde
— bark of the birch tree
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Ingrian:
toohi
— bark of the birch tree
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Ket:
qɨʔy
— bark of the birch tree
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Mongolian:
үйс
(üjs)
— bark of the birch tree
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Nivkh:
ӿиф
(hif)
— bark of the birch tree
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Norwegian Bokmål:
never
— bark of the birch tree
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Norwegian Bokmål:
bjørkenever
— bark of the birch tree
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Norwegian Bokmål:
bjerkenever
— bark of the birch tree
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
never
— bark of the birch tree
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
bjørkenever
— bark of the birch tree
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Russian:
береста́
(berestá)
— bark of the birch tree
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Russian:
берёста
(berjósta)
— bark of the birch tree
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Spanish:
corteza de abedul
— bark of the birch tree
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Swedish:
näver
— bark of the birch tree
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Northern Yukaghir:
йаарава
(jaarawa)
— bark of the birch tree