noun🔗Share(mostly in botany and forestry) The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness."Balsa is a hardwood, but a soft hardwood."materialplantenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(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."materialindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe tree or tree species that yields the preceding."This hardwood has been planted extensively throughout the hills here."materialplantChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which."You should have used hardwood for this window sill instead of this junk."materialindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe sport of basketball, in particular, an indoor basketball court; so named because the floor of an indoor basketball court is normally made of hardwood."The basketball team practiced on the hardwood floor of the gym. "sportentertainmentbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareOf a floor: made of interlocking hardwood boards."The new kitchen floor is hardwood, made of interlocking planks of light oak. "materialbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
