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Definition of Hardwood
1. Noun. The wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers).
Definition of Hardwood
1. Noun. (mostly in botany and forestry) The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness. ¹
2. Noun. (in more general use) As the preceding but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness. ¹
3. Noun. (countable forestry) The tree or tree species that yields the preceding. ¹
4. Noun. A joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hardwood
1. the hard, compact wood of various trees [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hardwood
Literary usage of Hardwood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1897)
"Suppose that a clear-sighted man observes him, saying : ' This good man really
knows neither hardwood, nor greenwood, nor bark, nor boughs, nor foliage, ..."
2. Lumber and Its Uses by Royal Shaw Kellogg (1919)
"hardwood FLOORING ONE of the most notable and useful developments ... In fact,
a beautiful and durable hardwood floor is an important part of the inside ..."
3. History of the Lumber Industry of America by James Elliott Defebaugh (1907)
"Inspection of hardwood lumber in New York City and the Metropolitan ... For many
years it was the paramount hardwood and spruce lumber market in the country ..."
4. The Forester =: Or, A Practical Treatise on the Planting, Rearing, and by James Brown (1882)
"SYSTEM OF THINNING AND REARING UP OF MIXED hardwood PLANTATIONS. 1846. The rearing
up of hardwood plantations to an}^thing approaching natural perfection ..."
5. Forestry in New England: A Handbook of Eastern Forest Management by Ralph Chipman Hawley, Austin Foster Hawes (1912)
"hardwood. — The sites characteristic of this type have well-drained soils of ...
On the fertile soils of the hardwood land the spruce reaches its best ..."
6. Lumber, Its Manufacture and Distribution by Ralph Clement Bryant (1922)
"The first important step taken to standardize hardwood grades was made at a
meeting held in Chicago, Illinois, on April 8 and 9, 1898, at which time ..."
7. Wood Carving: Design and Workmanship by George Jack (1903)
"In our next exercise we shall try our hands upon a piece of hardwood for a
change—meantime ... CHAPTER XIV hardwood CARVING Carvings can not be Independent ..."
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