The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Satinwood — can mean the following:*A name for a wood that can be polished to a high gloss, in particular two woods, from the flowering plant family Rutaceae: ** Chloroxylon swietenia Ceylon Satinwood or East Indian Satinwood ** Zanthoxylum flavum Jamaican… … Wikipedia
satinwood — [sat′ n wood΄] n. 1. any of several very smooth, hard woods used in fine furniture, marquetry, veneers, etc. 2. any of a number of trees yielding such a wood; esp., a) the East Indian satinwood ( Chloroxylon swietenia) of the rue family b) the… … English World dictionary
satinwood — ► NOUN ▪ the glossy yellowish wood of a tropical tree, valued for cabinetwork … English terms dictionary
satinwood — noun Date: 1792 1. a. a tree (Chloroxylon swietenia) of the rue family native to India and Sri Lanka that yields a lustrous yellowish brown wood b. a tree (as the West Indian Zanthoxylum flavum of the rue family) with wood resembling true… … New Collegiate Dictionary
satinwood — noun Wood used for crafting fine furniture, particularly for inlay and marquetry, from either , the Ceylon or East Indian satinwood, or , the Jamaican or West Indian satinwood … Wiktionary
satinwood — n. 1 a (in full Ceylon satinwood) a tree, Chlororylon swietenia, native to central and southern India and Ceylon. b (in full West Indian satinwood) a tree, Fagara flava, native to the West Indies, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and southern Florida. 2 the … Useful english dictionary
satinwood — sat|in|wood [ sætn,wud ] noun count a tree that is grown in warm parts of the world for its smooth hard wood a. uncount wood from a satinwood tree … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
satinwood — [[t]sæ̱tɪnwʊd[/t]] N UNCOUNT Satinwood is a smooth hard wood which comes from an East Indian tree and is used to make furniture … English dictionary
satinwood — n. variety of tree from the rue family; wood obtained from a satinwood tree … English contemporary dictionary
satinwood — noun 1》 glossy yellowish wood valued for cabinetmaking. 2》 the tropical tree that produces satinwood. [Chloroxylon swietenia (India and Sri Lanka), Zanthoxylum flava (Caribbean region), and other species.] … English new terms dictionary
