hard pine

noun

: a pine (such as longleaf pine or pitch pine) that has hard wood and leaves usually in groups of two or three
also : the wood of a hard pine

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Its hard pine flooring came out of a Chicago Sears warehouse. Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 23 Jan. 2021 Until their furniture arrived, the couple slept on the hard pine floor at the store building. Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Nov. 2019 The open floor plan kitchen/living room has a hard pine kitchen island. NOLA.com, 2 Jan. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1797, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hard pine was in 1797

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“Hard pine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20pine. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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