A tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species. Acer saccharinum is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great quantities, by evaporation; the red maple or swamp maple is Acer rubrum; the silver maple, Acer dasycarpum, having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, Acer Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. The common maple of Europe is Acer campestre, the sycamore maple is Acer Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is Acer platanoides.
a type of tree with broad leaves found in temperate zones
A very hard wood used in lane approaches, headers, pin decks and pins on wood lanes.
Hard or "sugar," maple is one of the most popular woods used in today's furniture industry. It is elastic and very strong. It has good shock resisting qualities and wears well. It is one of the hardest of the common woods. The grain is straight with occasional wavy, curly, bird's eye patterns that are much prized in veneers. The natural color is white to amber. Less desirable features are that it warps easily unless properly seasoned and occasionally splits. Maple is sometimes finished to simulate cherry wood.
Maple is grown throughout southern Canada, and northern and northeast United States. It is known for its hardness, density, and weight. Its grain pattern is usually straight but it may occasionally be curly or wavy. Its uses include furniture, pool cues, dance floors, and table tops.
wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring
a light wood with a bright distinctive grain pattern and contemporary look
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a very hard, dense, fine-fibered wood that is non-splintering, long wearing and resilient
Extremely hard wood used for contemporary furnishings; generally light in color, can be stained to simulate cherry wood
Maple is a type of wood that is used to produce guitar tops and fretboards.
The hard wood used for the head portion of the lanes (foul line to arrows); see also "pine", "splice", and "dovetails".
A hard, dense veneer with a close-set grain. Ranging in color from creamy white to reddish-brown, Maple is a strong, hard-wearing veneer perfect for wood furniture. Commonly found throughout the United States and Canada .
An extremely hard, fine-textured wood used extensively for American colonial furniture and contemporary furnishings. Color is basically light although some maple has a reddish cast; it can also be stained to simulate cherry wood which has similar grain. Birdseye and wavy maple grain patterns have provided highly prized veneers since the 18th century.
A hard closed grain, light colored wood.
A creamy-white, easy-to-work veneer. Width 6-18 inches.
A versatile hardwood, which can range in style from elegant to cheerful. Maple's subtle, consistent grain fits well in many settings.
The heartwood and sapwood of maple are both light creamy brown to white, with occasional light brown streaks. It usually has a straight grain, but the grain can be curly or wavy. It is a closed grain wood, and stays very smooth after finishing. Maple is moderately hard, heavy and strong, and resists denting fairly well.
The maple tree is found everywhere in Québec. The French who came to New France in the XVIIth century discovered that the sap of this tree is edible. Each spring, the peoples of Canada slit the bark of the maple tree to collect the "sweet water". The French learned to drink this sap and later, thanks to their metal utensils, how to boil it, first into a syrup and then into sugar. Maple sugar and the cane sugar imported from the French Antilles were both used for table sugar. It is only at the end of the last century that the pasteurizing process made it possible to preserve the syrup, which enabled year-long trade.
A hardwood recognized for its soft and linear even-grain texture.
A compact, fine-grained white wood much employed for inlay and marquetry work. The famous "birds-eye" maple is obtained from the sugar maple tree; its wood is often used for panels, inlay work and picture frames and when polished is of a rich golden-brown colour, with a satiny appearance somewhat resembling sycamore.
A hard, heavy, and light-colored natural wood.
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A tree which grows in northeastern North America; the wood is hard, heavy and strong; the color varies from pale grayish to yellowish white. It is not durable for outdoor use, but is the best of all woods for flooring.
A hard, heavy, finely grained wood with a light, natural color.
To see a maple tree, or any thing made from maple wood is a symbol of family unity and a happy home life. To dream of maple sugar, maple syrup, or anything flavored with maple signifies a happy love life.
An very hard, fine-grained wood popularly used for colonial American furniture as well as contemporary furnishings. Maplewood is generally a light color, yet some maplewood has a reddish hue, stainable to cherry wood's similar grain. Veneers made from grain patterns of Birdseye and wavy maple are much desirable.
Maples are trees or shrubs in the genus Acer. There are approximately 125 species, most of which are native to Asia, but several species also occur in Europe, northern Africa, and North America. Maples are variously classified in a family of their own, the Aceraceae, or (together with the Hippocastanaceae) included in the family Sapindaceae.
