hardwood

bois dur

Bois assez dur, comme le chêne, utilisé pour fabriquer des meubles ou construire des bâtiments.

En anglais simple : A type of fairly hard wood, such as oak, used for making furniture or buildings.

• Oak is a popular hardwood.
• The cabinet is made from a local hardwood.
• Different hardwoods vary in colour and strength.

Contraires : softwood

Expressions courantes : durable hardwood, oak hardwood, hardwood furniture, solid hardwood

bois de feuillus

Bois des arbres à feuilles larges qui produisent des fleurs, qu’il soit dur ou tendre.

En anglais simple : Wood from broad-leaved flowering trees, whether the wood itself is hard or soft.

• Balsa is a lightweight hardwood.
• Not every hardwood is physically hard.
• The book classifies these woods as hardwoods because of the trees they come from.

Contraires : softwood

Expressions courantes : tropical hardwood, soft hardwood, hardwood species

feuillu

Arbre à feuilles larges dont le bois sert à la construction ou à la fabrication d’objets.

En anglais simple : A broad-leaved tree that produces wood used as timber.

• A tall hardwood shaded the house.
• They planted hardwoods along the hillside.
• This forest contains both hardwoods and evergreen conifers.

Synonymes : broadleaf tree

Expressions courantes : plant a hardwood, native hardwood, mature hardwood

en bois massif

Fait de planches de bois dur assemblées, notamment pour recouvrir un sol.

En anglais simple : Made from hard wooden boards fitted together, especially to cover a floor.

• The room has a hardwood floor.
• They installed hardwood flooring throughout the house.
• Her shoes clicked on the polished hardwood surface.

Expressions courantes : hardwood floor, hardwood flooring, polished hardwood floor