hardwood
IPA: hˈɑrdwʊd
noun
- (countable, mostly in botany and forestry) The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.
- (countable) (in more general use) As the preceding, but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness.
- (countable, forestry) The tree or tree species that yields the preceding.
- (uncountable) A joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which.
- (sports, slang) The sport of basketball, in particular, an indoor basketball court; so named because the floor of an indoor basketball court is normally made of hardwood.
adjective
- (of a floor) Made of interlocking hardwood boards.
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Examples of "hardwood" in Sentences
- Hardwood and other tree species.
- The rookery is a hardwood forest.
- It is also a commercial hardwood.
- Insects of eastern hardwood tress.
- Hardwood is reddish brown in colour.
- In the forests there are stands of hardwood.
- A hardwood fingerboard is flush with the soundtable.
- Hardwood trees are stunted due to the constant flooding.
- The park contains hardwood hammock and limestone outcrops.
- The hardwood includes tree trunks, fallen branches, and sawdust.