Word
Satinwood
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
sat-in-wood
Definition
- n. - The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian
tree (Chloroxylon Swietenia). It takes a lustrous finish, and is used
in cabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a species of
prickly ash (Xanthoxylum Caribaeum) growing in Florida and the West
Indies.
- noun - West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood
- noun - East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood
- noun - Hard yellowish wood of a satinwood tree having a satiny luster; used for fine cabinetwork and tools
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