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boomgewas

Definitions of boomgewas
  1. noun
    the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
    synonyms: geboomte, houtgewas
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    types:
    lat
    thin piece of wood or metal
    klamp, klamplat, rachel, rachter, rafter, steunlat, tengel, tingel
    a strip fixed to something to hold it firm
    bontvoering
    strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard
    piket, piketpaal, schuttingpaal
    a wooden strip forming part of a fence
    neusvleugel
    a thin strip (wood or metal)
    tandenstoker, tandestoker
    pick consisting of a small strip of wood or plastic; used to pick food from between the teeth
    hardboard, spaanderplaat, spaanplaat, vezelplaat
    a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin
    type of:
    bouwmateriaal
    material used for constructing buildings
  2. noun
    the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
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    types:
    dennehout, grenehout, pijnhout
    straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus
    lariks
    wood of a larch tree
    cederhout
    durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests
    sparrehout, sparrenhout
    light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
    citroenhout, geelhout
    the yellow wood of any of various yellowwood trees
    without
    light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
    bamboe
    the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles
    balsa, balsahout
    strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats
    lindehout
    soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork
    beukehout, beukenhout
    wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles
    kastanje
    wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
    eikehout, eiken, eikenhout
    the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
    hazelaarshout
    the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)
    olijf, olijvehout, olijvenhout
    hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork
    essehout, essenhout
    strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats
    notebomehout, notehout, notenbomenhout, notenhout
    hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling
    iep, iepeboom, iepehout, iepenboom, iepenhout, olm
    hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture
    acaciahout
    hardwood from any of various locust trees
    palissander, palissanderhout, rozehout, rozenhout
    hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork
    mahonie, mahoniehout
    wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture
    satijnhout
    hard yellowish wood of a satinwood tree having a satiny luster; used for fine cabinetwork and tools
    pokhout
    hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum
    klompehout, klompenhout, populierehout, populierenhout
    soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar
    sandelhout
    close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork
    bukshout, palmhout
    very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks
    ahornhout
    wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring
    ebbehout, ebben, ebbenhout
    hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
    plataan
    variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree
    djatihout, teak, teakhout
    hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
    kornoeljehout
    hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood
    harthout, kernhout
    the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood
    sprokkelhout, vulhout
    the wood from bushes or small branches
    wrakhout
    wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore
    blok, houtblok
    a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
    lucifershout
    wood suitable for making matchsticks
    mot, schaafsel, zaagsel
    fine particles of wood made by sawing wood
    griend
    slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork
    hardhout, loofhout
    the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers)
    grenehout, naaldhout, zachthout
    wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
  3. noun
    the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
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    types:
    vrucht
    edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
    kalebas, kolokwint, pompoen
    any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds
    eikel, glans, roedehoofd
    fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
    aar, bloemhoofdje, korenaar
    fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
    zaad, zaadje
    a small hard fruit
    steenvrucht
    fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube
    staartpeper
    spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes
    arduin
    fruit (especially peach) whose flesh does not adhere to the pit
    appel
    fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
    bes
    any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
    veenbes
    very tart red berry used for sauce or juice
    citrusfruit, citrusvrucht
    any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions
    ugli
    large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
    abrikoos
    downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach
    perzik, perzikeboom, perzikenboom
    downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh
    nectarine, perzikpruim
    a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin
    pruim
    any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
    vijg
    fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried
    ananas
    large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated
    banaan, pisang
    elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh
    passievrucht
    egg-shaped tropical fruit of certain passionflower vines; used for sherbets and confectionery and drinks
    meloen
    any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh
    kers
    a red fruit with a single hard stone
    druif, wijndruif
    any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters
    papaja
    fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples
    papaja
    large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh
    doerian
    huge fruit native to southeastern Asia `smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven'; seeds are roasted and eaten like nuts
    kiwi
    fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
    mangis, mangistan, mango(e)stan, mangostan
    two- to three-inch tropical fruit with juicy flesh suggestive of both peaches and pineapples
    mango
    large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed
    tamarindevrucht
    large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys
    avocado, avocadopeer
    a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed
    dadel
    sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
    vlierbes
    berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies
    dropje
    dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees
    lychee
    Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
    mispel
    crabapple-like fruit used for preserves
    mispel
    a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste
    olijf
    one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
    peer
    sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
    granaat, granaatappel
    large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind
    kwee
    aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves
    koffie, koffiebes, koffieboon
    a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee
    peulvrucht
    the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case
    aardnoot, apenoot, apenootje, grondnoot, katjang, olienoot, olienootje, pinda, pindanoot
    underground pod of the peanut vine
    graan, graanvrucht, graanvruchten, koren, veldvrucht
    dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
    kastanje, paardekastanje
    the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut
    noot, schaalvrucht
    usually large hard-shelled seed
    type of:
    voortplantingsorgaan, voortplantingsorganen
    the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction
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