SOFTWOOD

softwood, deal

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

softwood (countable and uncountable, plural softwoods)

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

(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.

(uncountable) Any commercial timber.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

29 March 2025

THOUGHTLESS

(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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