softwood
/ˈsɒf(t)wʊd/
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American sound/ˈsɒf(t)wʊd/
softwood
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short oo vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
sof - twood -> softwood
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- ‘The two basic categories of wood used most often in woodworking projects are hardwood and softwood.’
- ‘Thirty feet long, six feet wide in the beam, tapered at both bow and stern, it has a false keel of softwood that can easily be replaced if damaged in rough landings, a frequent occurrence.’
- ‘For floor construction the choice is between solid floors, which are timber through and through, and engineered floors, which have a top layer of hardwood mounted on cross laid softwood or on plywood.’
- ‘If the stairs are to be left exposed, select a clear hardwood or rugged softwood for both the treads and the risers - oak, cherry, and clear fir are common choices.’
- ‘We import 33 percent of the softwood we consume, much of it from old-growth forests in Canada and Siberia.’
- ‘If you choose to use new stock from the lumber yard, both hardwoods and softwood are good choices.’
- ‘It's not the best place to look for sawlogs, so we're trying to send the processor in first to make sawlogs where they can from both hardwood and softwood.’
- ‘All types of lumber, both hardwood and softwood, are sorted by quality during the milling process.’
- ‘There are a number of products we need to make in both softwood and hardwoods, which complicates things, and makes cost control difficult.’
- ‘The post and timber fence is not constructed in plywood, it is softwood.’
- ‘The best decking is made of hardwood or pressure-treated softwood.’
- ‘If made from softwood, vineyard posts must be chemically treated to stop wood-rotting fungi.’
- ‘Securing enough fibre for an Oriented Strand Board mill that will require over 900 000 cubic metres per year of hardwood and softwood is no easy task.’
- ‘But America had abundant oak and softwood for hulls, tall timber for masts and spars - and resins to make critical naval stores like tar to protect standing rigging.’
- ‘Use seasoned hardwoods (elm, maple, oak) instead of softwoods (cedar, fir, pine) in woodburning stoves and fireplaces.’
- ‘British practice was to use softwood for the sleepers as it was easily obtained; it had to be treated with creosote or a similar preservative, but abroad hardwood was more commonly used, with a longer life and no preservative required.’
- ‘You take softwood, dose it with industrial vinegar and give it the performance of a typical hardwood.’
- ‘All bass necks are made from 4 x 2 planed softwood and should be painted black on one side and a sort-of vaguely off-white on the other.’
- ‘By 2016 the supply of softwood in Scotland will exceed 8.4 million cubic metres - a doubling of the existing harvest.’
- ‘PCP was widely used in the timber industry for years as a cheap treatment for sapstain, a fungal infection commonly found in softwoods such as pine.’
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