"hardwood" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈhɑɹdˌwʊd/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-hardwood.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: hard + wood Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hard|wood}} hard + wood Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} hardwood (not comparable)
  1. (of a floor) Made of interlocking hardwood boards. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: softwood
    Sense id: en-hardwood-en-adj-pv~1ZtQI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 10 3 3 3 42 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 17 6 2 4 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hard wood

Noun

IPA: /ˈhɑɹdˌwʊd/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-hardwood.ogg [Australia] Forms: hardwoods [plural]
Etymology: hard + wood Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hard|wood}} hard + wood Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hardwood (countable and uncountable, plural hardwoods)
  1. (countable, mostly in botany and forestry) The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness. Tags: countable Translations (the wood from any dicotyledonous tree): bois dur [masculine] (French), bois de feuillu [masculine] (French), Laubholz [neuter] (German), Hartholz (German), crua-adhmad [masculine] (Irish), legno di latifoglia (Italian), rākau mārō (Maori), madeira dura (Portuguese), madera dura (Spanish), ädelträ (Swedish), tigas (Tagalog), tupugaq (Yup'ik)
    Sense id: en-hardwood-en-noun-ToLvOBWM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 10 3 3 3 42 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 17 6 2 4 38 Disambiguation of 'the wood from any dicotyledonous tree': 84 1 6 2 8
  2. (countable) (in more general use) As the preceding, but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-hardwood-en-noun-IscmCFJP
  3. (countable, forestry) The tree or tree species that yields the preceding. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Forestry
    Sense id: en-hardwood-en-noun-HFfYBaUG Topics: business, forestry
  4. (uncountable) A joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-hardwood-en-noun-65Cz4AhN
  5. (sports, slang) The sport of basketball, in particular, an indoor basketball court; so named because the floor of an indoor basketball court is normally made of hardwood. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-hardwood-en-noun-~nR~4sDS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 10 3 3 3 42 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 17 6 2 4 38 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hard wood

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    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hard",
        "3": "wood"
      },
      "expansion": "hard + wood",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "hard + wood",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "hardwood (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "softwood"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Made of interlocking hardwood boards."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "floor",
          "floor"
        ],
        [
          "interlock",
          "interlock"
        ],
        [
          "hardwood",
          "#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "board",
          "board"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a floor) Made of interlocking hardwood boards."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a floor"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɑɹdˌwʊd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-hardwood.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/En-au-hardwood.ogg/En-au-hardwood.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/En-au-hardwood.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hard wood"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "hardwood"
  ],
  "word": "hardwood"
}

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