Plural of hardwood
regular plural
The plural of hardwood is hardwoods.
Forms of hardwood
| Singular | hardwood /ˈhɑɹdˌwʊd/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | hardwoods |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Hardwoods in a sentence
- Ash, hickory and oak are some of the most prominent domestic hardwoods.
- SYP is a softwood, but it is harder than many hardwoods.From the entry softwood
- The majority of softwoods and hardwoods, with the possible exception of oak, are plain sawn.2014, P. F. Lye, Woodwork Theory - Book 3, →ISBN, page 9. From the entry plain saw
- There were waiting lists for baths, doorknobs, imported hardwoods, antiqued fireplaces, bidets, marble slabs.2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 3. From the entry at a premium
- Since the adelgid did not attack red spruce or hardwoods, its impact on the timber industry would be minimal.2003, Timothy Silver, Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains, page 238. From the entry adelgid
Meaning of hardwood
- noun The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.
- noun (in more general use) As the preceding, but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness.
- noun The tree or tree species that yields the preceding.
Questions about the plural of hardwood
- What is the plural of hardwood?
- The plural of hardwood is hardwoods.
- Is hardwood countable?
- Hardwood is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hardwood (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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