basswood
Americannoun
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any tree of the genus Tilia, especially T. americana, the American linden, having drooping branches and large, toothed, ovate leaves.
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the wood of a linden.
noun
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Sometimes shortened to: bass. any of several North American linden trees, esp Tilia americana
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the soft light-coloured wood of any of these trees, used for furniture
Etymology
Origin of basswood
Example Sentences
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When finished, each skinny routed channel also became a precise template for carving a narrow piece of fresh basswood — the American equivalent of European linden — of exactly the same dimensions.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2024
Among them: red maple, red oak, basswood and ironwood.
From Scientific American • May 5, 2023
They soaked basswood in a solution of hydrogen peroxide, which chops normally long lignin molecules into small fragments.
From Science Magazine • May 23, 2019
His heads are made of basswood, the soft, sap-free trunk of the linden tree.
From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2019
Early on the morning of the second day he was home, he cut poles and used basswood twine to rope together two platforms, one on either side of the cornfield.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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