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softwood
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n. 1 (context countable mostly in botany English) The wood from any conifer (or from ''Ginkgo''), without regarding how soft this wood is. 2 (context countable English) (in more general use) As the preceding but limited to those that are commercial timbers. ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Example 12.1 Consider the data on imported softwood given in Table 12.1. ▪ Most leaf cuttings need warmth and humidity to strike quickly; keep covered as for softwood cuttings until well rooted. ▪ Remember as well that a hardwood ...
WordNet
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adj. made of the easy-to-cut wood of a coniferous tree, as e.g. pine; "softwood lumber" [ant: hardwood ] n. wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir) [syn: deal ]
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SoftWood, Inc. (founded as SoftWood Company in Santa Barbara, California ) was a computer systems software company defunct in 2008 and based in Phoenix , AZ. Known products are: GSFile (Apple II) MiAmiga File, File II Pen Pal Proper Grammar II Electric ...
Usage examples of softwood.
I threw in a few sticks of softwood and a chunk of white birch from the woodbox behind the stove.
There had been times when meat had been scarce, and vermin as well, and he and Mother Mastiff had watched in wonderment as the reptile happily downed large portions of salted bread or pime, the cheap cornlike growths that infested many of Moth's softwoods.
There had been times when meat had been scarce, and vermin as well, and he and Mother Mastiff had watched in wonderment as the reptile happily downed large portions of salted bread or _pime_, the cheap cornlike growths that infested many of Moth's softwoods.
The indeterminately coloured paint, what little there was of it, was peeling and blistered, the splintered wooden floor was blackened and filthy and the rough-cut softwood bar bore the imprint of the passage of time.
Robinton shuddered to think of Thread burrowing in the great stands of softwoods to the south.
The Threads' advance edge had just missed the verdant softwoods that surrounded the northern shores.
But they did decide where to start in Lemos Hold: among the precious softwoods so in demand for furniture, so vulnerable to Thread incursion.
The dominant plants were softwoods and fast-growing trees, bamboo and thorny tearing vines, which formed a dense and impenetrable barrier.
And it could be graded by age: unlike the hardwood trees of primary jungle, which lived hundreds of years, the softwoods of secondary jungle lived only twenty years or so.