different between sapwood vs hardwood

English

Alternative forms

• sap-wood

Etymology

From sap +? wood.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sapw?d/

Noun

sapwood (countable and uncountable, plural sapwoods)

1. The wood just under the bark of a stem or branch, different in color from the heartwood.

   A popular myth is that sapwood is not as strong as heartwood.

Synonyms

• alburnum

Antonyms

• heartwood

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• hard wood

Etymology

hard +? wood

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h??d?w?d/

Noun

hardwood (countable and uncountable, plural hardwoods)

1. (countable, mostly in botany and forestry) The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.

2. (countable) (in more general use) As the preceding but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness.
3. (countable, forestry) The tree or tree species that yields the preceding.

4. (uncountable) A joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which.

5. (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.

Translations

Adjective

hardwood (not comparable)

1. Of a floor: made of interlocking hardwood boards.

See also

• softwood