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| black walnut |
a tall tree of eastern North America that has dark, hard wood valued for making furniture and other durable wood products. [1/3 definitions] |
| cedar |
any of several cone-bearing evergreen trees of the pine family with aromatic, durable wood. [1/3 definitions] |
| chest |
a durable box with a lid and often with a lock, used for storage or shipping. [1/4 definitions] |
| deodar |
a tall cedar with drooping branches and fragrant, light red, durable wood, used as timber. |
| Douglas fir |
a tall evergreen timber tree of western North America that has hard durable wood and short needles, and bears narrow cones. |
| durable |
(pl.) durable goods, such as cars and machines, that are not immediately consumed or readily worn out. [1/2 definitions] |
| hardback |
bound in a hard or durable cover. [1/2 definitions] |
| hard goods |
manufactured products, such as appliances, machines, and automobiles, that last for many years; durable goods. |
| huckaback |
a coarse, durable, and absorbent linen or cotton fabric, used esp. for toweling. |
| India paper |
a very thin, durable, opaque paper with a high rag content, used for Bibles, dictionaries, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| ironstone |
a durable pottery used for dishes; ironstone china. [1/2 definitions] |
| lancewood |
any of several tropical trees or the durable elastic wood they yield, used for fishing rods, billiard cues, and carriage shafts. |
| larch |
the durable wood of this tree, used esp. for constructions in water, such as docks and piers. [1/2 definitions] |
| lasting |
a durable, closely woven fabric. [1/2 definitions] |
| lignum vitae |
the hard, heavy, durable wood of a genus of evergreen tropical American trees, used in making marine supplies, casters, pulleys, and the like. |
| linoleum |
a durable floor covering made by pressing linseed oil, powdered cork, and rosin onto a canvas or burlap backing. |
| locust |
the hard, durable wood of such trees. [1/5 definitions] |
| Manila hemp |
a durable fiber of the Philippine plant abaca used for making ropes, paper, clothing, and the like. |
| nankeen |
a strong, durable, cotton cloth in buff or yellow, originally made of undyed Chinese cotton. [1/3 definitions] |
| nickel silver |
a silver-colored, hard, durable, corrosion-resistant alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel, used for utensils, tableware, and the like. |
| nondurable |
combined form of durable. |
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