BIRCH ROD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does birch rod mean? 

• BIRCH ROD (noun)
  The noun BIRCH ROD has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BIRCH ROD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIRCH ROD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

birch; birch rod

Context example:

my father never spared the birch

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

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