hardwood
The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardnessThe wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.
» I prefer hardwood floors to carpet.
Я предпочитаю деревянный пол вместо ковра.
Meaning
5 senses(countable)The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.
Balsa is a hardwood, but a soft hardwood.
Laubholz, Hartholz
the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers)
(countable)(in more general use) As the preceding, but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness.
Ash, hickory and oak are some of the most prominent domestic hardwoods.
(countable)The tree or tree species that yields the preceding.
This hardwood has been planted extensively throughout the hills here.
(uncountable)A joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which.
You should have used hardwood for this window sill instead of this junk.
(countable, slang, uncountable)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.
Examples
4 sentencesI prefer hardwood floors to carpet.
ruЯ предпочитаю деревянный пол вместо ковра.
His boots smacked on the hardwood floor.
In woodworking, we classify wood as hardwood, softwood or exotic wood.
The American beech is among the most shade-tolerant hardwoods of eastern North America.
Translations
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Origin
From hard + wood. The term refers to the seed coat of the tree's seeds; it does not referFrom hard + wood. The term refers to the seed coat of the tree's seeds; it does not refer to the degree of hardness of the tree's wood, but it seems to do so and is usually assumed to do so by speakers not well informed about trees and timber.
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Forms
plural: hardwoodsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable