softwoodn.

Brit.

/ˈsɒf(t)wʊd/, U.S.

/ˈsɔf(t)ˌwʊd/,

/ˈsɑf(t)ˌwʊd/

Forms: see soft adj. and wood n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: soft adj., wood n.¹

Etymology: < soft adj. + wood n.¹ Compare earlier hardwood n.

a. Originally: wood that is relatively soft, and easy to cut or shape. In later use: spec. the wood of coniferous or needle-leaved trees, which is typically (but not invariably) relatively soft.

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the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [adjective] > of soft or hard wood

softwood1539

hard-wooded1678

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > softwood trees

softwood1539

Scots pine1774

softwood1831

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [adjective]

softwood1539

citrean1616

pepperidge1689

purple heart1769

narra1779

leafy1810

saffraan1819

quandong1836

padauk1839

tamanu1839

titoki1842

til1858

odum1887

sapele1904

broad-leaved1905

peroba1920

ocote1926

pyinkado1934

ponderosa1937

ahuehuete1948

Mansonia1958

obeche1958

podo1961

black-gum1969

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > soft wood

softwood1539

1539 T. Elyot Bankette of Sapience f. 18 Wormes sonest do brede in soft wood.

1618 S. Ward Iethro's Iustice of Peace 24 Are rulers and standarts that regulate other measures, to bee made of soft wood, or of lead, that will bend and bow at pleasure?

1747 R. Campbell London Tradesman xli. 218 Lasts are made generally of Birch, or some soft Wood.

1824 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. I. x. 143 Their spears, although often of soft wood, as the beech, the birch, the pine, remained unbroken.

1862 Acts Gen. Assembly Prince Edward Island II. 316 Constructed of staves of the thickness of not less than half an inch in the thinnest part, if made of hardwood, or three fourths of an inch if made of softwood.

1930 Observer 26 Jan. 20/4 Every year in Finland, Sweden and Russia millions of pine trees are felled and shipped to London... The trade name for such timber is softwood.

1949 Times 14 Oct. 5/5 Although ‘soft’ secondary hardwood timbers can be used to some extent..for a large number of purposes the genuine softwood must be used.

2006 Great Austral. DIY Bk. 23/3 The rose bit is used in hardwood and the snail bit in softwood.

b. A wood of this nature; a tree producing such wood, spec. a coniferous or needle-leaved tree.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > softwood trees

softwood1539

Scots pine1774

softwood1831

1831 On Planting (Libr. Useful Knowl.) vii. 77 The..discriminating characters of hard and of soft woods.

1857 A. Gray First Lessons Bot. 147 In soft woods, such as White-Pine and Basswood.

1914 F. Moon & N. C. Brown Elements Forestry 218 Many of our hardwoods are much softer in their wood structure than certain conifers or so-called softwoods.

1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts xxxi. 321 Yew, though as hard and heavy as oak, is classified as a soft-wood.

2013 N.Y. Mag. 28 Jan. 48/5 Stay away from softwoods like pine.

†2. The softer layer of wood beneath the bark in the stem of a tree (as contrasted with the harder heartwood); sapwood, alburnum. Obsolete.

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the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [noun] > young wood or alburnum

sapc1374

body?1523

wood?1523

alburnum1664

whitewood1668

blea1736

softwood1751

sap-wood1791

alburn1864

included sapwood1933

1751 J. Hill Hist. Materia Medica 684 Logs..are seen to be only the Heart of the Tree separated from the Bark, and the outer soft Wood or Blea.

1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 21 In woody stems of several years' growth..the more recent exterior layers are known as soft wood or alburnum.

1869 J. H. Balfour Elem. Bot. 32 The outer soft wood (alburnum) is pale.

†3. In full black soft-wood. A tree native to the islands of the Caribbean (probably Myrsine coriacea (family Myrsinaceae), which has leathery leaves and inconspicuous flowers). Obsolete. rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > of South America or West Indies

sweetwood1607

mastic1657

acajou1666

bastard locust tree1670

alligator wood1696

muskwood1696

lancewood1697

rodwood1716

cog-wood1725

soapwood1733

down tree?1740

pigeon plum1743

break-axe tree1756

horse-wood1756

loblolly whitewood1756

Spanish elm1756

trumpet-tree1756

ahuehuete1778

ocote1787

locust tree1795

Madeira wood1796

peroba1813

roble1814

louro1816

cecropia1824

purple heart1825

wallaba1825

trumpet-wood1836

gumbo-limbo1837

poui1838

quebracho1839

snake-wood1843

yacca1843

horseflesh wood1851

necklace tree1858

Honduras rosewood1860

turanira1862

softwood1864

wattle-wood1864

balsa tree1866

primavera1871

rauli1874

lemon-wood1879

wheel-tree1882

Spanish stopper1883

gurgeon-stopper1884

pinkwood-tree1884

stopper1884

sloth-tree1885

imbaubaa1893

Spanish cedar1907

amarant1909

Parana pine1916

imbuya1919

mastic-bully1920

banak1921

timbo1924

becuiba1934

1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787/2 Soft-wood, black, Myrsine læta.

1890 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1889 390 Myrsine laeta, A. D. C. Bully tree, Black Soft-wood.

Compounds

C1. General attributive (in sense 1a), with the sense ‘made or consisting of softwood’.

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1628 R. Norton Gunner lxxiii. 151 Either take fine or Harquebuze powder one pound, and soft wood coales two ounces: or one pound of fine powder, and another pound of Cannon powder.

1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 35 Quarter-heads, or Bill-brads for soft Wood-floors.

1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon iii. 96 The floor above is made of rack deal, or any soft wood plank.

1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 453/1 The days of unseamanlike spars, sails, and gear, and of flimsy soft-wood hulls, are over.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1120 As the source of the ‘soft-wood’ timbers they [sc. conifers] are of the utmost importance economically.

1990 Field Jan. 77/2 By contrast, single-species softwood plantations, having their place and of utilitarian value certainly, are very dull things, mere pretenders to the name of woodland.

2001 S. Roaf et al. Ecohouse (2002) ii. 50 These commercial softwood forests are often planted with very few species of trees and provide little potential for bio-diversity.

C2.

softwood cutting n. (in plant propagation) a cutting (cutting n. 4a) made from a soft, leafy shoot of the current season's growth (cf. hardwood cutting n. at hardwood n. Compounds).

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1867 Gardener's Monthly Jan. 12/2 The plan now very generally pursued by many of our best propagators..is that known as ‘soft-wood cuttings’.

1967 Washington Post 13 Aug. g11/6 Softwood cuttings of crape myrtle, taken now, root fairly readily.

2007 B. W. Ellis Covering Ground iii. 204 (caption) To prepare a softwood cutting, remove leaves from the bottom half of the cutting, and trim to 2 to 4 inches.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	softwood
释义	softwoodn. Brit. /ˈsɒf(t)wʊd/, U.S. /ˈsɔf(t)ˌwʊd/, /ˈsɑf(t)ˌwʊd/ Forms: see soft adj. and wood n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: soft adj., wood n.¹ Etymology: < soft adj. + wood n.¹ Compare earlier hardwood n. 1. a. Originally: wood that is relatively soft, and easy to cut or shape. In later use: spec. the wood of coniferous or needle-leaved trees, which is typically (but not invariably) relatively soft. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [adjective] > of soft or hard wood softwood1539 hard-wooded1678 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > softwood trees softwood1539 Scots pine1774 softwood1831 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [adjective] softwood1539 citrean1616 pepperidge1689 purple heart1769 narra1779 leafy1810 saffraan1819 quandong1836 padauk1839 tamanu1839 titoki1842 til1858 odum1887 sapele1904 broad-leaved1905 peroba1920 ocote1926 pyinkado1934 ponderosa1937 ahuehuete1948 Mansonia1958 obeche1958 podo1961 black-gum1969 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > soft wood softwood1539 1539 T. Elyot Bankette of Sapience f. 18 Wormes sonest do brede in soft wood. 1618 S. Ward Iethro's Iustice of Peace 24 Are rulers and standarts that regulate other measures, to bee made of soft wood, or of lead, that will bend and bow at pleasure? 1747 R. Campbell London Tradesman xli. 218 Lasts are made generally of Birch, or some soft Wood. 1824 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. I. x. 143 Their spears, although often of soft wood, as the beech, the birch, the pine, remained unbroken. 1862 Acts Gen. Assembly Prince Edward Island II. 316 Constructed of staves of the thickness of not less than half an inch in the thinnest part, if made of hardwood, or three fourths of an inch if made of softwood. 1930 Observer 26 Jan. 20/4 Every year in Finland, Sweden and Russia millions of pine trees are felled and shipped to London... The trade name for such timber is softwood. 1949 Times 14 Oct. 5/5 Although ‘soft’ secondary hardwood timbers can be used to some extent..for a large number of purposes the genuine softwood must be used. 2006 Great Austral. DIY Bk. 23/3 The rose bit is used in hardwood and the snail bit in softwood. b. A wood of this nature; a tree producing such wood, spec. a coniferous or needle-leaved tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > softwood trees softwood1539 Scots pine1774 softwood1831 1831 On Planting (Libr. Useful Knowl.) vii. 77 The..discriminating characters of hard and of soft woods. 1857 A. Gray First Lessons Bot. 147 In soft woods, such as White-Pine and Basswood. 1914 F. Moon & N. C. Brown Elements Forestry 218 Many of our hardwoods are much softer in their wood structure than certain conifers or so-called softwoods. 1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts xxxi. 321 Yew, though as hard and heavy as oak, is classified as a soft-wood. 2013 N.Y. Mag. 28 Jan. 48/5 Stay away from softwoods like pine. †2. The softer layer of wood beneath the bark in the stem of a tree (as contrasted with the harder heartwood); sapwood, alburnum. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [noun] > young wood or alburnum sapc1374 body?1523 wood?1523 alburnum1664 whitewood1668 blea1736 softwood1751 sap-wood1791 alburn1864 included sapwood1933 1751 J. Hill Hist. Materia Medica 684 Logs..are seen to be only the Heart of the Tree separated from the Bark, and the outer soft Wood or Blea. 1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 21 In woody stems of several years' growth..the more recent exterior layers are known as soft wood or alburnum. 1869 J. H. Balfour Elem. Bot. 32 The outer soft wood (alburnum) is pale. †3. In full black soft-wood. A tree native to the islands of the Caribbean (probably Myrsine coriacea (family Myrsinaceae), which has leathery leaves and inconspicuous flowers). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > of South America or West Indies sweetwood1607 mastic1657 acajou1666 bastard locust tree1670 bastard locust tree1670 alligator wood1696 muskwood1696 lancewood1697 rodwood1716 cog-wood1725 soapwood1733 down tree?1740 pigeon plum1743 break-axe tree1756 horse-wood1756 loblolly whitewood1756 Spanish elm1756 trumpet-tree1756 ahuehuete1778 ocote1787 locust tree1795 Madeira wood1796 peroba1813 roble1814 louro1816 cecropia1824 purple heart1825 wallaba1825 trumpet-wood1836 gumbo-limbo1837 poui1838 quebracho1839 snake-wood1843 yacca1843 horseflesh wood1851 necklace tree1858 Honduras rosewood1860 turanira1862 softwood1864 wattle-wood1864 balsa tree1866 primavera1871 rauli1874 lemon-wood1879 wheel-tree1882 Spanish stopper1883 gurgeon-stopper1884 pinkwood-tree1884 stopper1884 sloth-tree1885 imbaubaa1893 Spanish cedar1907 amarant1909 Parana pine1916 imbuya1919 mastic-bully1920 banak1921 timbo1924 becuiba1934 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787/2 Soft-wood, black, Myrsine læta. 1890 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1889 390 Myrsine laeta, A. D. C. Bully tree, Black Soft-wood. Compounds C1. General attributive (in sense 1a), with the sense ‘made or consisting of softwood’. ΚΠ 1628 R. Norton Gunner lxxiii. 151 Either take fine or Harquebuze powder one pound, and soft wood coales two ounces: or one pound of fine powder, and another pound of Cannon powder. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 35 Quarter-heads, or Bill-brads for soft Wood-floors. 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon iii. 96 The floor above is made of rack deal, or any soft wood plank. 1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 453/1 The days of unseamanlike spars, sails, and gear, and of flimsy soft-wood hulls, are over. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1120 As the source of the ‘soft-wood’ timbers they [sc. conifers] are of the utmost importance economically. 1990 Field Jan. 77/2 By contrast, single-species softwood plantations, having their place and of utilitarian value certainly, are very dull things, mere pretenders to the name of woodland. 2001 S. Roaf et al. Ecohouse (2002) ii. 50 These commercial softwood forests are often planted with very few species of trees and provide little potential for bio-diversity. C2. softwood cutting n. (in plant propagation) a cutting (cutting n. 4a) made from a soft, leafy shoot of the current season's growth (cf. hardwood cutting n. at hardwood n. Compounds). ΚΠ 1867 Gardener's Monthly Jan. 12/2 The plan now very generally pursued by many of our best propagators..is that known as ‘soft-wood cuttings’. 1967 Washington Post 13 Aug. g11/6 Softwood cuttings of crape myrtle, taken now, root fairly readily. 2007 B. W. Ellis Covering Ground iii. 204 (caption) To prepare a softwood cutting, remove leaves from the bottom half of the cutting, and trim to 2 to 4 inches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1539
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