soft wood

Any type of wood can be used, though softer woods work better.

It smashed into the soft wood of the door frame.

They have also been seen chewing on soft wood for moisture.

The double edge is handy if you cut a combination of hard and soft woods.

It can also be made from a similarly soft wood, including bamboo in the right climate.

Even earlier, however, local villagers had experience making tableware from soft woods.

I want to lie on the soft wood and let it enfold me.

The words hard and soft wood comes from the type of tree it came from.

Other materials, such as soft wood, lead and wax could also be used underneath the gold.

Holding it in hand, I dropped out, to walk across the sand, my soft woods boots making no sound.

He eased a long reddish nail out of the soft wood.

She selected a panel of softer wood that would take a dagger point.

Then her breathing began to make a rasping sound, like a small file on soft wood.

My dagger felt like it had hit soft wood.

We have therefore voted for all species of hard and soft wood to be covered by the directive.

Softer woods may be easier to carve, but are less resistant to damage.

The sharp point of the spur simply pushes into the soft wood to keep the drill bit in line.

Poplar was a soft wood, but he could feel himself wearing out by the time he'd cut halfway through the tree.

It's less costly to work in softer woods and use a harder varnish.

Axes lodged there, too, as if stuck in soft wood.

They feed during the winter months, driving burrows through the soft wood in all directions.

(Left) This time it is only small, soft wood trees that have been felled.

Gabriel jammed the stiletto blade into the soft wood of the table.

The beak is relatively weak and used for pecking in soft wood only.

The blade bit into the soft wood of the window sill and quivered there.