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hout

Definitions of hout
  1. 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)
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