HARDWOOD Definition & Meaning

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noun

the hard, hard, compact wood or timber of various trees, as the oak, cherry, maple, or mahogany.
a tree yielding such wood.

adjective

made or constructed of hardwood:
a hardwood floor.

hardwood

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noun

the wood of any of numerous broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees, such as oak, beech, ash, etc, as distinguished from the wood of a conifer
any tree from which this wood is obtained

hardwood

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A eudicot or magnoliid tree, especially as distinguished from a coniferous, or softwood, tree.
The wood of a eudicot or magnoliid tree. Hardwoods are in general harder than softwood. However, some hardwoods, such as basswood, are comparatively soft, while some softwoods, such as yew, are comparatively hard.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of hardwood¹

First recorded in 1560–70; hard + wood ¹

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Watkins was bumped, then fell to the hardwood in agony that was apparent even before she hit the ground.

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Like all superstitious sports fans, Morgan had to give a little significance the fact that the Knicks went on to win after he left his lunch on the hardwood.

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Ninety-six seconds remained in the latest meeting of the crosstown showdown — a game that, in recent memory, had lent itself to late-game heroics on this very hardwood.

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In De Longe’s classroom, I grabbed a pair of scissors, cut through the new rug’s plastic packaging and unfurled it on the hardwood floor.

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Winding up face down on the court, Bilodeau pounded the hardwood with both hands and uttered an expletive.

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