hard-grained wood
1Wood as a medium — As a contemporary artistic medium, wood is used in traditional and modern styles, and is an excellent medium for new art. Wood is used in forms of sculpture, craft, and decoration including chip carving, wood burning, and marquetry. Wood offers a …
2Wood carving — is a form of working wood by means of a cutting tool held in the hand (this may be a power tool), resulting in a wooden figure or figurine (this may be abstract in nature) or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object. The phrase may also …
3Hard soap — Soap Soap, n. [OE. sope, AS. s[=a]pe; akin to D. zeep, G. seife, OHG. seifa, Icel. s[=a]pa, Sw. s?pa, Dan. s?be, and perhaps to AS. s[=i]pan to drip, MHG. s[=i]fen, and L. sebum tallow. Cf. {Saponaceous}.] A substance which dissolves in water,… …
4box|wood — «BOKS WUD», noun. 1. the hard, fine grained wood of the box, much used for wood engraver s blocks, and for musical and mathematical instruments. 2. the tree or shrub itself. 3. any one of various shrubs or trees with a hard, compact wood, such as …
5close-grained — [ ,klous greınd ] adjective close grained wood is smooth and hard because its fibers are very close together …
6or|ange|wood — «AWR ihnj WUD, OR », noun, adjective. –n. the hard, fine grained wood of the orange tree, used as a cabinet wood, for small dental tools, and for manicuring the nails. –adj. of this wood …
7sour|wood — «SOWR WUD», noun. 1. a tree of the heath family, native to the eastern United States, having a hard, close grained wood, dark, glossy leaves that turn bright scarlet in the fall, and spikes of small, white, egg shaped flowers; sorrel tree. 2. its …
8dev|il|wood — «DEHV uhl WUD», noun. a small evergreen tree of the olive family, having hard, close grained wood, of the southern United States …
9opossum wood — noun medium sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texas • Syn: ↑silver bell tree, ↑silverbell tree, ↑snowdrop tree, ↑Halesia carolina, ↑Halesia tetraptera • Hypernyms: ↑silver bell * * * …
10san|dal|wood — «SAN duhl WUD», noun. 1. the fragrant heartwood of certain trees of Asia, especially the white sandalwood. It is a hard, close grained yellowish wood used for carving, making ornamental boxes and fans, and is also burned as incense. 2. any one of …