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Birnam meaning

  1. A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0341).
  2. A locality in Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.
  3. A locality in Toowoomba Region, Queensland.

Using Birnam

  • The main meaning on this page is: A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0341). | A locality in Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. | A locality in Toowoomba Region, Queensland.
  • In the example corpus, birnam often appears in combinations such as: birnam wood, don birnam, of birnam.

Context around Birnam

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

don 4×

Often after:

wood 5× ray 2× hill 1× brasserie 1×

Sentence patterns with Birnam

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

as don birnam in the 1× birnam wood has 1× block of birnam wood boulevard 1× boyfriend don birnam ray milland 1× dunkeld s birnam hill race 1× encamped in birnam wood the 1× movement of birnam wood is 1× of don birnam in the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a hardy tribe 1× birnam wood has 1× great service despite 1× in the film 1× in this light 1× milland in character 1×

Common sentence endings:

a capitalist framework 1× and look amateurish 1× at reynaldo drive 1× birnam brasserie gleneagles 1× camouflage their numbers 1× climb of 335m 1×

Words around Birnam

Just before it in the word index:

birn 4 birminghamlive 40 birmingham 1.800 birlinn 5 birlings 8 birling 9

Just after it in the word index:

birnbach 3 birnbaum 13 birness 2 birney 14 birni 6 birnie 9

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanholt 13 aardwolf 13 abati 13 abbeville 13 abcc 13 abelard 13

Corpus analysis for Birnam

  • In this selection, "birnam" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, don, wood, ray and hill stand out and add context to how "birnam" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as don birnam in the and birnam wood has. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "birnam" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with birnam

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Great service, despite the plastic ‘living wall’: The Birnam Brasserie, Gleneagles. (11 words)

While encamped in Birnam Wood, the soldiers are ordered to cut down and carry tree limbs to camouflage their numbers. (20 words)

In the film, her parents come from Toledo to New York to visit Helen and meet her boyfriend Don Birnam ( Ray Milland ), who spends the weekend drinking. (27 words)

Longer example sentences

In this light, Macbeth is punished for his violation of the moral order by being removed from the cycles of nature (which are figured as female); nature itself (as embodied in the movement of Birnam Wood) is part of the restoration of moral order. (44 words)

Milland in character as Don Birnam in The Lost Weekend (1945) Milland's first concern with taking on the role of Don Birnam in The Lost Weekend was that he might overact and look amateurish. (35 words)

Birnam Wood has grown into a thriving (if still decidedly loss-making) project, whose aims are to grow food and flowers while operating “as much as possible outside a capitalist framework”. (31 words)

Example sentences (10)

Milland in character as Don Birnam in The Lost Weekend (1945) Milland's first concern with taking on the role of Don Birnam in The Lost Weekend was that he might overact and look amateurish.

A hardy tribe of Fife AC runners donned their white tops to run in Dunkeld’s Birnam Hill Race over a distance of 6.5km with a climb of 335m.

Birnam Wood has grown into a thriving (if still decidedly loss-making) project, whose aims are to grow food and flowers while operating “as much as possible outside a capitalist framework”.

According to the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the shooting happened Wednesday around 4 a.m. at the home in the 2300 block of Birnam Wood Boulevard, at Reynaldo Drive.

Great service, despite the plastic ‘living wall’: The Birnam Brasserie, Gleneagles.

In the film, her parents come from Toledo to New York to visit Helen and meet her boyfriend Don Birnam ( Ray Milland ), who spends the weekend drinking.

In this light, Macbeth is punished for his violation of the moral order by being removed from the cycles of nature (which are figured as female); nature itself (as embodied in the movement of Birnam Wood) is part of the restoration of moral order.

Orgel (2002, 32 33) Conversely, he makes no mention of the apparition scene, or of Hecate, of the man not of woman born, or of Birnam Wood.

Plot Thursday - An alcoholic New York writer, Don Birnam ( Ray Milland ), is packing for a weekend vacation with his brother Wick ( Philip Terry ), who is trying to discourage his drinking.

While encamped in Birnam Wood, the soldiers are ordered to cut down and carry tree limbs to camouflage their numbers.

Common combinations with birnam

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "birnam" in a sentence?
An example: "Milland in character as Don Birnam in The Lost Weekend (1945) Milland's first concern with taking on the role of Don Birnam in The Lost Weekend was that he might overact and look amateurish." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "birnam" from authentic English texts.
What does "birnam" mean?
Birnam means: A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0341).
How many example sentences with "birnam" are there?
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