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madera

Definitions of madera
  1. noun
    the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
    synonyms: calaña, naturaleza
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    type of:
    cualidad
    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
  2. noun
    the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)
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    types:
    corteza, cáscara, hollejo, monda, mondadura, mondo, pellejo, piel
    the rind of a fruit or vegetable
    type of:
    materia
    the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
  3. noun
    the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
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    types:
    pino
    straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus
    abeto
    nonresinous wood of a fir tree
    cedro, madera de cedro
    durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests
    cicuta
    soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
    ciprés
    wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus
    tejo
    wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
    pobo
    light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
    balsa
    strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats
    tilo
    soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork
    haya, hayal
    wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles
    roble
    the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
    avellano
    the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)
    nuez
    hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling
    nogal americano
    valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
    pacana
    wood of a pecan tree
    eucalipto
    wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber
    langosta
    hardwood from any of various locust trees
    palisandro
    hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork
    caoba
    wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture
    guayaco, guayacán
    hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum
    chopo, álamo
    soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar
    sándalo
    close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork
    zumaque
    wood of a sumac
    ébano
    hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
    teca
    hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
    duramen
    the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood
    madera flotante
    wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore
    añicos
    wood in small pieces or splinters
    aserradura, aserrín, serraduras, serrín
    fine particles of wood made by sawing wood
    madera de coníferas
    wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
    castaña
    a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
    enebro
    coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones
    secoya, secuoya
    either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
    type of:
    materia vegetal
    material derived from plants
  4. noun
    the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
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    tabla, tablero, tablón
    a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
    alfarjía, listón, varal
    a strip fixed to something to hold it firm
    estaca
    a wooden strip forming part of a fence
    listón
    a thin strip (wood or metal)
    escarbadientes, limpiadientes, mondadientes, palillo
    pick consisting of a small strip of wood or plastic; used to pick food from between the teeth
    aglomerado, cartón-madera, contrachapado, madera aglomerada
    a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin
    type of:
    material de construcción
    material used for constructing buildings
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