Softwood

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  softwood
       adj : made of the easy-to-cut wood of a coniferous tree, as e.g.
             pine; "softwood lumber" [ant: {hardwood}]
       n : wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
           [syn: {deal}]



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "softwood":
     arborary, arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arborical,
     arboriform, beam, billet, board, boarding, bushlike, bushy,
     citrous, clapboard, coniferous, cord, cordwood, deal, deciduous,
     dendriform, dendritic, dendroid, driftwood, evergreen, firewood,
     hardwood, lath, lathing, lathwork, log, lumber, nondeciduous,
     panelboard, paneling, panelwork, piny, plank, planking, plyboard,
     plywood, pole, post, puncheon, scrubbly, scrubby, scrublike, shake,
     sheathing, sheathing board, sheeting, shingle, shrubby, shrublike,
     sideboard, siding, slab, slat, splat, stave, stick, stick of wood,
     stovewood, three-by-four, timber, timbering, timberwork, treelike,
     two-by-four, weatherboard, wood