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hardwood

[ hahrd-wood ]

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noun

the hard, hard, compact wood or timber of various trees, as the oak, cherry, maple, or mahogany.
a tree yielding such wood.

hardwood

/ ˈhɑːdˌwʊd /

the wood of any of numerous broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees, such as oak, beech, ash, etc, as distinguished from the wood of a conifer
any tree from which this wood is obtained

hardwood

/ härd′wd′ /

A eudicot or magnoliid tree, especially as distinguished from a coniferous, or softwood, tree.
The wood of a eudicot or magnoliid tree. Hardwoods are in general harder than softwood. However, some hardwoods, such as basswood, are comparatively soft, while some softwoods, such as yew, are comparatively hard.

First recorded in 1560–70; hard + wood ¹

The Varsity Chiefs are awesome, and the engine for this devastating hardwood machine is point guard Buell Robinson.

They sat stock-still on the hardwood benches of the dank, makeshift cinema in Monrovia.

Watch as the commander-in-chief hits the hardwood in a 3-on-3 tournament with a group of local high school students.

That said, it is a chic alternative to hardwood floors and baby blues.

The land contained a rare hardwood forest that had been targeted for logging.

Hardwood trees shed their leaves annually, and they are called deciduous trees.

A gentle breath from heaven makes the basket decline a little and the ropes creak against the hardwood clinch blocks.

All hardwood finish, teak rail, well found, and just the ticket for the island trade.

They crossed swamps and wormed through alder swales, coming out again on pine and hardwood ridges.

Wax your hardwood floors and keep them shining like mirrors; if rugs are scarce they will be a good apology.

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