hardwood
(noun) the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hardwood (countable and uncountable, plural hardwoods)
(countable, mostly in botany and forestry) The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.
(countable) (in more general use) As the preceding but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness.
(countable, forestry) The tree or tree species that yields the preceding.
(uncountable) A joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which.
(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.
hardwood (not comparable)
Of a floor: made of interlocking hardwood boards.
Source: Wiktionary
5 November 2024
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
