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  • noun Plural form of softwood.

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Examples

  • Many of the trees you call softwoods thrive up there.

    Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982

  • Many of the trees you call softwoods thrive up there.

    Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982

  • These are generally classed as "softwoods," and are more extensively scattered and more generally used than any other class of timber, and are simple and regular in structure.

    Seasoning of Wood

  • Though the Obama administration never explained why it went along with this plan to hike the price of a key construction material at a time when the housing market is in the doldrums, the major growers liked the idea of taxing smaller producers of high-performance specialty softwoods to pay to advertise the majors' commodity lumber, and they had the votes to push the measure through.

    Major Producers Mug Specialty Businesses 2011

  • Yes | No | Report from sduprey wrote 4 weeks 5 days ago hunting up in northern maine we get into some pretty thick softwoods ..

    What is your favorite hunting quote or saying? 2009

  • Yes | No | Report from sduprey wrote 4 weeks 5 days ago hunting up in northern maine we get into some pretty thick softwoods ..

    What is your favorite hunting quote or saying? 2009

  • The brushier the cover is, the better: dense stands of softwoods, hardwood sapling thickets, tangled alder bottoms, even tall CRP fields.

    Make a Trail to Bring Buck Whitetails to You 2008

  • There are thousands of these mostly mom-and-pop operations, which generally have only 20 or 30 employees compared with the big North American lumber mills that produce softwoods like spruce, pine and fir to create housing frames.

    Times Hit Wood Industry Hard 2009

  • Hardwoods tend to be denser than softwoods, so a simple heft test can provide a helpful clue.

    Firewood and wood pellets become a hot commodity 2008

  • Hardwoods tend to be denser than softwoods, so a simple heft test can provide a helpful clue.

    Tip of the day: How to buy firewood 2008

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