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Examples of softwood
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A panel ruled for the third time in Canada's favour in a dispute over softwood.
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They had a softwood interior that resembles conifers of the family Araucariaceae.
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The alphorn is carved from solid softwood, generally spruce but sometimes pine.
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Store softwood furniture under cover for the winter in a dry, airy shed or garage.
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Northern softwood species impart superior stiffness sompared to southern softwoods.
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Hardwood is preferred over softwood because it creates less smoke and burns longer.
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China has become an important market for Canadian fuels and softwood lumber.
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Most of them are made of softwood, such as pine or poplar, and were painted.
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If you can afford it, have him or her replace all the softwood treads with hardwood.
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- Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
- The term softwood is used to describe wood from conifers. It may also be used to describe these trees, which tend to be evergreen, notable exceptions being bald cypress and the larches.
- The wood from any conifer (or from Ginkgo), without regarding how soft this wood is; (in more general use) As the preceding but limited to those that are commercial timbers; The tree or tree species that yields the preceding; A joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which
- (Softwoods) Generally lumber from a conifer such as pine or cedar. The name softwood does not refer to the density of the wood. There are some hardwoods, such as Balsa, which are softer than some softwoods, like Southern Yellow Pine.
- (Softwoods) Lower density wood than hardwoods. Usually used for more decorative purposes or economic alternatives.
- (Softwoods) Woods from conifers (such as fir, pine and spruce) rather than deciduous trees.
- Any tree in the gymnosperm group, including pines, hemlocks, larches, spruces, firs, and junipers. Softwoods often are called conifers although some, such as junipers and yews do not produce cones.
- Wood from coniferous or needle-bearing trees (not necessarily soft or low density)
- Term used to describe all needle-leaved trees. These species are typically evergreen, retaining their leaves through two or more growing seasons. Larches, including tamarack, are exceptions, being deciduous "softwoods"
