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hard maple

hard maple noun: the sugar maple, Acer saccharum.

Noun

hard maple (countable and uncountable, plural hard maples)

  1. The sugar maple, Acer saccharum.
    Synonyms:
    rock maple
  2. The wood of this tree.

Synonyms of hard maple

Forms of hard maple

pluralhard maples

Origin of hard maple

From the hardness of its wood relative to the wood of other maples.

Questions about hard maple

What does hard maple mean?
Hard maple means the sugar maple, Acer saccharum.
What part of speech is hard maple?
Hard maple is a noun.
What is the plural of hard maple?
The plural of hard maple is hard maples.

Words near hard maple in the dictionary

  1. hard loser
  2. hard losers
  3. hard luck
  4. hard luxury
  5. hard man
  6. hard maple
  7. hard maples
  8. hard market
  9. hard markets
  10. hard matte
  11. hard mattes

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