Adjacent Words
basso relievobasso rilievo
Basso-concertante
Basso-continuo
Basso-relievo
Basso-repieno
basso-rilievo
Basso-violino
Bassock
Bassoon
Bassoonist
Bassorin
bassrelief
Bast
bast fiber
Basta
BASTAI
Bastard
Bastard ashlar
bastard bar
Bastard eigne
bastard feverfew
Bastard file
bastard gemsbok
Bastard hemp
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork [syn: basswood, linden]
2: any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart- shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber [syn: linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree]
Merriam Webster's
noun Date: 16701. any of several New World lindens;especially linden 1b2. the straight-grained soft white wood of a basswood
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. 1 the American lime, Tilia americana. 2 the wood of this tree. Etymology: BASS(3) + WOOD
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Basswood Bass"wood`, n. (Bot.) The bass (Tilia) or its wood; especially, T. Americana. See Bass, the lime tree. All the bowls were made of basswood, White and polished very smoothly. --Longfellow.
