Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A southeast Asian tree (Pterocarpus indicus) having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain.
- n. The wood of this tree, used mainly for decorative cabinetwork.
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- n. The valuable timber of Pterocarpus, a pantropical genus of trees.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain
Etymologies
Examples
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The chair prototype pictured above is made of padauk and aluminum connector plates.
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The furniture was made of beautiful shiny padauk wood, which is a deep red, sometimes almost shading into black.
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Leading up to her on both sides of the room, enhancing the formality, were two symmetrical rows of square, exquisitely carved padauk chairs.
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When my mother entered the sitting room with my father, her mother-in-law was seated at the far end on a formal, carved square padauk chair.
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There were three padauk guitars in the series, and one had a padauk bridge which I subtly finished flat with a UV retarder.
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The cabinets are padauk and the floor Bisazza terrazzo.
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_pyingado_, or ironwood for railway sleepers, and _padauk_.
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