hardwood

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Despite being very soft, balsa is classified as a hardwood, and is the softest commercial hardwood, making it a popular material for building light yet stiff structures.

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  1. noun The wood of a dicotyledonous tree.
  2. noun A dicotyledonous tree.

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  • The floor was constructed of a cherry hardwood, the bar and tabletops dark granite. —  One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze
  • The floor was hardwood, and I thought that I could move the four-poster to a warmer corner of the room without waking Tin Choy Won. —  Muller, Marcia - [McCone 08] Eye of the Storm UC FR.htm
  • There on the varnished hardwood was a tiny blue tassel, complete with bell. —  F ;SF; - vol 093 issue 04-05 - October-November 1997
  • The floor was hardwood, and waxed with glitter in the wax so that it sparkled under the warm yellow light. —  Author Galley
  • Great gouges had been torn into the wooden flooring, and the waning chalk marks on the hardwood were barely visible under a dark stain no amount of cleaning could scrub away. —  Lilith Saintcrow - [Dante Valentine 2] - Dead Man Rising
 

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