softwood
[ S ]
something made of strong, heavy wood, especially the floor on which a game such as basketball or bowling is played:
the hardwoodHe had built a long, impressive career as one of the most dynamic players on the hardwood.
Despite a summer spent pounding the hardwood at the bowling alley, I am not yet a great kegler.

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Types of wood
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Atlantic white cedar
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bark
basswood
black locust
boxwood
cork
knotty
lumber
matchwood
MDF
mulga
oaken
paulownia
piny
pitch pine
ponderosa pine
softwood
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hardwood | American Dictionary

hardwood
noun[ U ]
us/ˈhɑrdˌwʊd/
the strong, heavy wood of particular trees such as oak, used esp. to make furniture

Examples of hardwood

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The field comprised a mosaic of conventionally-tilled and rye-mulched plots, surrounded by fields of maize, soybeans, alfalfa hay and mixed hardwood forest.
Tree seedling growth and mortality responses to manipulations of calcium and aluminium in a northern hardwood forest.
Initially, cleared hardwoods would be the bulk of the raw material for the charcoal plant.
The watersheds are under primary forest (terra firme), with a mixed stand of hardwood and palm species in the riparian zone.
We classify those light and medium hardwood species as mid-successional, and heavy hardwoods as late successional species.
Long-term dynamics of pine and hardwood litter in contrasting environments: toward a global model of decomposition.
Effects of flooding on relative abundance and diversity of small mammals in a regenerating bottomland hardwood forest.
For example, timber frame construction, softwood weatherboarding, stainless steel or hardwood in kitchens.
The terrace uses an 'upside-down' roof construction with concrete paving, and hardwood duck-boarding over the wooden bay.
All the elements of the curtain that can be opened are constructed of painted hardwood timber doors and shutters (see below).
Among the trials was the order to cut down and completely burn a giant tropical hardwood tree.
In general, these ticks are found in hardwood forests where abundant leaf litter provides ample cover from desiccation and protective cover during snowfall.
In the international context, world trade in hardwood timbers until the 1960s was still dominated by the production of temperate regions.
The entrance porch under the wooden bay is paved in end-grain hardwood blocks.
In the 1930s, steel took over from hardwood for the structural frame of the diner and shiny metal streamlining came into fashion, just as it did for domestic trailers.
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Collocations withhardwood

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bottomland hardwood
Effects of flooding on relative abundance and diversity of small mammals in a regenerating bottomlandhardwood forest.
hardwood floor
Remaining is the ballroom/auditorium's hardwoodfloor, which was refinished circa 1990.
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