SOFTWOODS Antonyms

• hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood

• any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark

• a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment

• consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree

• whip with a birch twig

• wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry

• any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood

• a red fruit with a single hard stone

• a red the color of ripe cherries

• of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

• the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

• an implement used in baseball by the batter

• move heavily or clumsily

• cut lumber, as in woods and forests

• wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture

• any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish

• a shade of brown with a tinge of red

• wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring

• any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone

• the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring

• a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves

• hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding

• tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood

• the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

• a beam made of wood

• a post made of wood

• land that is covered with trees and shrubs

• (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)

• nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell

• hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling

• any of various trees of the genus Juglans

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