hardwood
US/ˈhɑɹdˌwʊd/
hardwood noun: the wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.
Noun
hardwood (countable and uncountable, plural hardwoods)
- The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.
- Balsa is a hardwood, but a soft hardwood.
- (in more general use) As the preceding, but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness.
- Ash, hickory and oak are some of the most prominent domestic hardwoods.
- Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- The tree or tree species that yields the preceding.
- This hardwood has been planted extensively throughout the hills here.
- A joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which.
- You should have used hardwood for this window sill instead of this junk.
- 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.
Adjective
hardwood (not comparable)
- Made of interlocking hardwood boards.
hardwood meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hardwood in Hindi
- कठोर लकड़ी, दृढ़ लकड़ी
hardwood in Tamil
- வன்மரம்
hardwood in Marathi
- कडक लाकूड, कठोर लाकूड
hardwood in Urdu
- سخت لکڑی
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- hardwood in Bengali
- শক্ত কাঠ, শক্ত কাঠের
- hardwood in Telugu
- గట్టి చెక్క, దృఢమైన కలప
- hardwood in Malayalam
- കഠിനമായ മരം
- hardwood in Kannada
- ಗಟ್ಟಿಮರದ
- hardwood in Punjabi
- ਸਖ਼ਤ ਲੱਕਡ਼, ਸਖਤ ਲੱਕਡ਼, ਹਾਰਡ ਵੁੱਡ
- hardwood in Gujarati
- સખત લાકડું, કઠણ લાકડું, હાર્ડવુડ
- hardwood in Odia
- କଠିନ କାଠ, କଠୋର କାଠ
- hardwood in Nepali
- कडा काठ, कठोर काठ
- hardwood in Tagalog
- tigas
Examples of hardwood in a sentence
- SYP is a softwood, but it is harder than many hardwoods.
- The unstained hardwood floor was pale, but the finish soaked in and made the room seem dark.
- After the fire, they carpeted over the blackened hardwood flooring.
Forms of hardwood
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Origin of hardwood
From hard + wood. The term refers to the seed coat of the tree's seeds; it does not refer to the degree of hardness of the tree's wood, but it seems to do so and is usually assumed to do so by speakers not well informed about trees and timber.
Questions about hardwood
- What does hardwood mean?
- Hardwood means the wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.
- What is hardwood in Hindi?
- Hardwood in Hindi is कठोर लकड़ी, दृढ़ लकड़ी. See Hardwood meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hardwood?
- Hardwood can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce hardwood?
- Hardwood is pronounced /ˈhɑɹdˌwʊd/ (US).
- What is the plural of hardwood?
- The plural of hardwood is hardwoods.
Words near hardwood in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hardwood (page history and authors); hardwood (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hardwood (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hardwood (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hardwood (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hardwood (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hardwood (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hardwood (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hardwood (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hardwood (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hardwood (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hardwood (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hardwood (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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