English Online Dictionary. What means hardwood? What does hardwood mean?
English
Alternative forms
- hard wood
Etymology
From hard + wood.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹdˌwʊd/
Noun
hardwood (countable and uncountable, plural hardwoods)
- (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.
Translations
Adjective
hardwood (not comparable)
- (of a floor) Made of interlocking hardwood boards.
See also
- softwood