hardwood

Alternative forms

 * hard wood

Noun

 * 1)  The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.
 * 2)  (in more general use) As the preceding, but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness.
 * 3)  The tree or tree species that yields the preceding.
 * 4)  A joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which.
 * 5)  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.
 * 1)  The tree or tree species that yields the preceding.
 * 2)  A joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which.
 * 3)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.

Translations

 * French: bois dur, bois de feuillu
 * German: ,
 * Irish: crua-adhmad
 * Italian: legno di latifoglia
 * Maori: rākau mārō
 * Portuguese: madeira dura
 * Spanish: madera dura
 * Swedish: ädelträ
 * Tagalog: tigas
 * Yup'ik: tupugaq


 * Dutch:
 * French: bois de feuillu
 * German:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:

Adjective

 * 1)  Made of interlocking hardwood boards.