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beech mast
noun
- the edible nuts of the beech, especially when lying on the ground.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of beech mast1
First recorded in 1570–80
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Example Sentences
Beech-mast rather increased than appeased his hunger; and nothing came in view that could be shot.
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Beech-nuts—or beech-mast, as it is called—are eaten by many animals.
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At the end of autumn, and in winter, most of them withdraw into the woods where they feed on beech-mast, nuts and acorns.
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They were so pretty—but they crept like swift, erratic mice, running here and there among the beech-mast.
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Beech mast is so called also, because beech trees abounded in the forest of Dodona.
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