softwood

Definitions

Agriculture

• noun the open-grained wood produced by pine trees and other conifers
• noun a pine tree or other conifer that produces such wood.

Construction

• A general term referring to any of a variety of trees having narrow, needle-like or scale-like leaves, usually coniferous.
• The wood from such trees. The term has nothing to do with the actual softness of the wood; some softwoods are harder than certain of the hardwood species.

Publishing

• noun wood from conifers used in papermaking

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Contexts for “softwood”

5 definitions in context
• Agriculture
• Construction
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