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."materialplantbiologyenvironmentnatureChat 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."plantmaterialnatureenvironmentbuildingChat 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."My little brother dreams of playing professionally on the hardwoods someday. "sportentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
