tiger maple

noun

: maple lumber having a distinct irregularly striped pattern and much used for furniture

Examples of tiger maple in a Sentence

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Jackie’s antique tiger maple dining room table was like a ski slope, long and narrow. Kate Storey, Town & Country, 4 July 2023 Each room is clad in a different wood; tiger maple in the hallway, rosewood in the library, chestnut in the music room, cherry in the dining room. Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 For the breakfast nook, Maloney commissioned a tiger maple table from Holmes Fine Furniture in Sheffield. Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tiger maple was in 1952

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“Tiger maple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tiger%20maple. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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