Hardwood vs. Softwood

Hardwoodnoun

The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.

Hardwoodnoun

(countable) (in more general use) As the preceding but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness.

Hardwoodnoun

The tree or tree species that yields the preceding.

Hardwoodnoun

(uncountable) A joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which.

Hardwoodnoun

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.

Hardwoodadjective

Of a floor: made of interlocking hardwood boards.

Hardwoodnoun

The wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers); also items made from such wood; as, decorative hardwood.

Hardwood

Made of the hard-to-cut wood of a broad-leaved tree, as e.g. oak; consisting of a hardwood; as, hardwood floors; - of wood and wooden objects.

Hardwoodnoun

the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers)

Hardwoodadjective

made of the hard-to-cut wood of a broad-leaved tree, as e.g. oak;

Hardwood

Hardwood is wood from dicot trees. These are usually found in broad-leaved temperate and tropical forests.

Softwoodnoun

The wood from any conifer (or from Ginkgo), without regard to how soft this wood is.

Softwoodnoun

Wood of this kind but limited to those that are commercial timbers.

Softwoodnoun

The tree or tree species that yields this wood.

Softwoodnoun

(uncountable) Any commercial timber.

Softwoodnoun

wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)

Softwoodadjective

made of the easy-to-cut wood of a coniferous tree, as e.g. pine;

Softwood

Softwood is wood from gymnosperm trees such as conifers. The term is opposed to hardwood, which is the wood from angiosperm trees.