legname

Definitions of legname
  1. noun
    the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
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    types:
    listello
    thin piece of wood or metal
    asse, tavola
    a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
    type of:
    laterizio, materiale da costruzione
    material used for constructing buildings
  2. noun
    the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
    synonyms: legno
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    ebano, ebeno
    hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
    durame
    the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood
    stipa
    the wood from bushes or small branches
    ceppo, ciocco
    a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
    segatura
    fine particles of wood made by sawing wood
    type of:
    materia di origine vegetale
    material derived from plants
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