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Synonyms for hardwood


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hahrd-woo d
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑrdˌwʊd

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Définition of hardwood

Origin :
  • 1560s, from hard + wood. From deciduous trees, distinguished from that of pines and firs.
  • As in timber : noun trees, wood
  • As in tree : noun large plant enclosed in bark and shedding leaves
Example sentences :
  • The cases of the "A" batteries are made of hardwood, finished in an ebonite black.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • The case is made of hardwood, and is varnished to match cabinet work.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • Silver glittered about the flintlock and the hardwood stock of his gun.
  • Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
  • He had simply to drive them from one hardwood belt to another.
  • Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White
  • I was often glad of her thirty-six inches of hardwood covering.
  • Extract from : « A Labrador Doctor » by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
  • Open the split slightly with a hardwood wedge, as in figure 2.
  • Extract from : « Walnut Growing in Oregon » by Various
  • Hardwood wedges were used under the posts for removing the centers.
  • Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette
  • A year was added for hardwood treenails, and another for 'salting on the stocks.'
  • Extract from : « All Afloat » by William Wood
  • The darkly stained floor of hardwood was, of course, modern.
  • Extract from : « Athalie » by Robert W. Chambers
  • The dull blade split the cloth and clove the hardwood table.
  • Extract from : « The Yillian Way » by John Keith Laumer
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