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madeira maciça

English translation: solid wood

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Portuguese term or phrase:madeira maciça
English translation:solid wood
Entered by: Christopher Fitzsimons

14:57 Aug 16, 2009
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Forestry / Wood / Timber
Portuguese term or phrase: madeira maciça
Solid/hard wood?

"A madeira maciça é um dos ex-libris das nossas peças de exclusivos."

Obrigado.
Christopher Fitzsimons
Switzerland
Local time: 10:16
solid wood
Explanation:
Here are two links on Wikipedia:

Solid wood is a term most commonly used to distinguish between ordinary lumber and engineered wood, but it also refers to structures that do not have hollow ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_wood

Madeira maciça é um termo mais comumente usado para distinguir entre ordinárias madeira e engenharia madeira, mas também se refere a estruturas que não tenham oca...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_wood

Best of luck :)
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R. Alex Jenkins
Brazil
Local time: 05:16
Grading comment
obrigado
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8solid wood
R. Alex Jenkins
5 +1hardwood
Christina Paiva


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
solid wood


Explanation:
Here are two links on Wikipedia:

Solid wood is a term most commonly used to distinguish between ordinary lumber and engineered wood, but it also refers to structures that do not have hollow ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_wood

Madeira maciça é um termo mais comumente usado para distinguir entre ordinárias madeira e engenharia madeira, mas também se refere a estruturas que não tenham oca...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_wood

Best of luck :)


R. Alex Jenkins
Brazil
Local time: 05:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
obrigado

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marlene Curtis
34 mins
  -> Cheers, Marlene :)
agree  suesimons
1 hr
  -> Cheers, Sue. Have a great week :)
agree  Ivan Nieves
1 hr
  -> Cheers, Ivan :)
agree  Carla Selyer
1 hr
  -> Cheers, Carla :)
agree  Luiza Modesto
2 hrs
  -> Cheers, Luiza :)
agree  Bartat
2 hrs
  -> Cheers, Bartat :)
agree  Vitals
6 hrs
  -> Cheers, Vitals :)
agree  George C.
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Cheers, solarstone :)
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
hardwood


Explanation:
Random House:

hard·wood n.
1. the hard, compact wood or timber of various trees, as the oak, cherry, maple, or mahogany.
2. a tree yielding such wood.
–adj.
3. made or constructed of hardwood: a hardwood floor.

Exemplos:
African mahogany,
1. a large tree, Khaya ivorensis, of western Africa, having **hard wood** resembling true mahogany, widely used in cabinetmaking and boatbuilding.

mahogany n., pl. -nies, adj.
1. any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, esp. S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding **hard, reddish-brown wood** used for making furniture.


Christina Paiva
Brazil
Local time: 05:16
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Georgia Kostick Almeida: this is the appropriate term
8 hrs
  -> Thanks Georgia :)
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