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Definition of Softwoods
1. softwood [n] - See also: softwood
Lexicographical Neighbors of Softwoods
Literary usage of Softwoods
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lumber and Its Uses by Royal Shaw Kellogg (1919)
"The softwoods are not generally so strong as the hardwoods; but some hardwoods
are weaker than some softwoods; and some softwoods, notably longleaf pine, ..."
2. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"softwoods AND HARDWOODS. Although there is no universally recognized dividing
line between these two classes of woods, the "softwoods" are usually cut from ..."
3. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1909)
"softwoods The distinguishing quality of the softwoods is their great bulk for a
given weight, allowing the highest strength to be secured not per unit of ..."
4. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1909)
"softwoods The distinguishing quality of the softwoods is their great bulk for a
given weight, allowing the highest strength to be secured not per unit of ..."
5. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1910)
"softwoods The distinguishing quality of the softwoods is their great bulk for a
given ... softwoods ..."
6. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1910)
"softwoods The distinguishing quality of the softwoods is their great bulk for a
given weight, allowing the highest strength to be secured not per unit of ..."
7. Our Forests and Woodlands by John Nisbet (1900)
"CHAPTER VI The softwoods—Alder, Birch, Lime, Willows, & Poplars THE Common
Alder (Alnus glutinosa),indigenous to these Isles, is still a very much more ..."
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