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Definition: Beechwood |
BeechwoodNoun1. Wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "beechwood" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1872. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Beechwood is a town located in Ottawa County, Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,963.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 7.0 km² (2.7 mi²). 4.7 km² (1.8 mi²) of it is land and 2.3 km² (0.9 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 32.22% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 2,963 people, 1,107 households, and 770 families residing in the town. The population density is 625.1/km² (1,616.3/mi²). There are 1,169 housing units at an average density of 246.6/km² (637.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 86.84% White, 1.21% African American, 0.30% Native American, 4.25% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 5.50% from other races, and 1.86% from two or more races. 13.47% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,107 households out of which 36.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.1% are married couples living together, 8.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 30.4% are non-families. 23.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.67 and the average family size is 3.21. In the town the population is spread out with 29.0% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 33.5% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 33 years. For every 100 females there are 104.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 102.7 males. The median income for a household in the town is $46,676, and the median income for a family is $56,087. Males have a median income of $37,000 versus $30,541 for females. The per capita income for the town is $22,968. 8.1% of the population and 5.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 15.2% are under the age of 18 and 3.8% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Beechwood, Michigan."
Synonym: BeechwoodSynonym: beech (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Beechwood |
| English words defined with "beechwood": Creosol ♦ Phlorone, Picamar. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "beechwood": beech coal ♦ CHIP WASHER. (references) |
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Song Titles | Beechwood 4-5789 (performing artist: The Marvelettes) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Bellmawr Homes, Camden, New Jersey. Beechwood Place, looking north. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Church-01" by Scott McMann Commentary: "Church on Beechwood Avenue in Ottawa." |
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| "Beechwood" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 56.67% of the time. "Beechwood" is used about 30 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 56.67% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (proper) | 43.33% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Total | 100.00% | 30 | N/A |
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1. Beechwood, MI (CDP, FIPS 6880) |
Expressions using "beechwood": beechwood Trails ♦ beechwood Village. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "beechwood"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | bøgetræ (beech, common beech, copper beech, European beech). (various references) | |
Dutch | beukenhout. (various references) | |
Finnish | pyökkipuu. (various references) | |
French | bois de hêtre. (various references) | |
German | Buchenholz (beech, beech wood). (various references) | |
Greek | ξύλο οξιάς. (various references) | |
Italian | legno di faggio. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eechwoodbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | madeira de faia. (various references) | |
Russian | бук буковый (beech). (various references) | |
Scottish | ùrach a' bheithe (fresh green beechwood). (various references) | |
Shona | mutsatsati (beechwood tree). (various references) | |
Spanish | madera de haya. (various references) | |
Swedish | bokträ. (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-d-e-e-h-o-o-w" | |
-3 letters: chewed, chowed, cooeed, echoed, hoboed. | |
-4 letters: bedew, beech, boche, booed, bowed, cooed, cooee, cowed, dweeb, eched, hewed, oohed, wooed. | |
-5 letters: bode, cede, chew, chow, code, coed, coho, deco, dhow, eche, echo, hebe, heed, hobo, hoed, hood, howe, oboe, ohed, owed, weed, whee, wood. | |
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