[{"word":"hardwoods","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"(mostly in botany and forestry) The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Balsa is a hardwood, but a soft hardwood."},{"definition":"(in more general use) As the preceding but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Ash, hickory and oak are some of the most prominent domestic hardwoods."},{"definition":"The tree or tree species that yields the preceding.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"This hardwood has been planted extensively throughout the hills here."},{"definition":"A joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"You should have used hardwood for this window sill instead of this junk."},{"definition":"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hardwood","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hardwoods"]}]