softwood
sawf twood
- n wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
- Bush paused long enough for a second question, about whether he was optimistic a long-running dispute with Canada over a protective tariff on softwood lumber would be resolved .
- In the middle 19th Century softwood clipper ships raced with light cargoes from Australia and China to Europe, riding high, running dry, sailed by full crews of crack sailors .
- He might argue that issues like softwood lumber will never go away until all three countries recognize the common challenges they face from an increasingly competitive world.