Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hard maple

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.85 in modern English

Syllables: hard maple
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The sugar maple, Acer saccharum.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The wood of this tree.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the hardness of its wood relative to the wood of other maples.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hard maples (plural)

Synonyms

rock maple

Questions

What does hard maple mean?: The sugar maple, Acer saccharum.
Where does hard maple come from?: From the hardness of its wood relative to the wood of other maples.

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