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Noun
hardwood (countable and uncountable)

1. countable (mostly in botany and forestry) The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.

#: Balsa is a hardwood, but a soft hardwood.

1. countable (in more general use) As the preceding but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness.

#: In the USA, ash, hickory and oak are some of the most prominent domestic hardwoods.

1. countable (forestry) The tree or tree species that yields the preceding.

#: This hardwood has been planted extensively throughout the hills here.

1. uncountable A joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which.

#: You should have used hardwood for this window sill instead of this junk.

Translations

French: bois de feuillu m
German: Hartholz n
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Português: madeira n
Spanish: madera noble f

See also
softwood

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