"softwood" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: softwoods [plural]
Etymology: From soft + wood. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|soft|wood}} soft + wood Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} softwood (countable and uncountable, plural softwoods)
  1. (uncountable, chiefly botany) The wood from any gymnosperm, without regard to how soft this wood is. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Botany Categories (lifeform): Woods Translations (wood from a gymnosperm): havupuu (Finnish), Nadelholz [neuter] (German), adhmad bog [masculine] (Irish), bogadhmad [masculine] (Irish), rākau mohe (Maori), banakal (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-softwood-en-noun-uqlO1c7L Disambiguation of Woods: 30 26 22 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 8 7 43 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 9 8 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 12 13 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 8 4 46 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 40 8 7 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 46 6 5 44 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'wood from a gymnosperm': 74 13 13 1
  2. (countable, in more general use) Wood of this kind, but limited to those that are commercial timbers. Tags: countable Categories (lifeform): Woods
    Sense id: en-softwood-en-noun-BH~h~P3~ Disambiguation of Woods: 30 26 22 22
  3. (countable, forestry) The tree or tree species that yields this wood. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Forestry Categories (lifeform): Woods Translations (tree that yields the timber): havupuu (Finnish), Nadelgewächs [neuter] (German), Nadelholzgewächs [neuter] (German), Nadelholz [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-softwood-en-noun-2c3JfYeB Disambiguation of Woods: 30 26 22 22 Topics: business, forestry Disambiguation of 'tree that yields the timber': 3 11 53 33
  4. (uncountable) Any commercial timber. Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Woods Translations (commercial timber from a gymnosperm): havupuu (Finnish), Nadelholz [neuter] (German), adhmad bog [masculine] (Irish), bogadhmad [masculine] (Irish) Translations (commercial timber in general): sahatavara (english: sawn goods) (Finnish), puu (english: wood as material) (Finnish), Holz [neuter] (German), Bauholz [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-softwood-en-noun-yWTRr39A Disambiguation of Woods: 30 26 22 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 8 7 43 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 9 8 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 8 4 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 37 10 6 48 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 40 8 7 46 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 37 8 6 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 34 15 5 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 35 13 6 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 46 6 5 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 36 13 6 46 Disambiguation of 'commercial timber from a gymnosperm': 26 20 3 50 Disambiguation of 'commercial timber in general': 8 23 3 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hardwood, wood, timber, lumber

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tree that yields the timber",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Nadelgewächs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tree that yields the timber",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Nadelholzgewächs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tree that yields the timber",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Nadelholz"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "sawn goods",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "commercial timber in general",
      "word": "sahatavara"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "wood as material",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "commercial timber in general",
      "word": "puu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "commercial timber in general",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Holz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "commercial timber in general",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Bauholz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "softwood"
}

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