noun🔗ShareBois de feuillus(mostly in botany and forestry) The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness."Balsa is a hardwood, but a soft hardwood."Le balsa est un bois de feuillus, mais un bois de feuillus tendre.materialplantbiologyenvironmentnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBois durs(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."Le frêne, le caryer et le chêne sont quelques-uns des bois durs domestiques les plus importants.materialindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBois dursThe tree or tree species that yields the preceding."This hardwood has been planted extensively throughout the hills here."Ce bois dur a été planté intensivement dans les collines d'ici.plantmaterialnatureenvironmentbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBois dursA joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which."You should have used hardwood for this window sill instead of this junk."Vous auriez dû utiliser du bois dur pour ce rebord de fenêtre au lieu de cette camelote.materialindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBasketball, basket-ball en salleThe 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. "Mon petit frère rêve de jouer professionnellement au basket-ball en salle un jour.sportentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
