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English
Etymology
soft + wood
Noun
softwood (countable and uncountable, plural softwoods)
- (countable, chiefly botany) The wood from any gymnosperm, without regard to how soft this wood is.
SYP is a softwood, but it is harder than many hardwoods.
- (countable, in more general use) Wood of this kind, but limited to those that are commercial timbers.
- (countable, forestry) The tree or tree species that yields this wood.
This softwood has been planted extensively throughout Scotland.
- (uncountable) Any commercial timber.
You should have used softwood for the frame of this shed, instead of overbuilding it like this.
Translations
commercial timber from a gymnosperm
tree that yields the timber
commercial timber in general
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