How to Use heartwood in a Sentence

heartwood

noun
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  • From the dark heartwood to the light edges, the elegance is in the grain.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2021
  • When building a planter, choose one of the all-heartwood grades.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 29 May 2021
  • However, the severe topping of the tree has led to decay through the heartwood of the trunk.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Meaning that while the tree is alive, the fungus is actively decaying the roots and the heartwood in the lower portion of the trunk.
    — oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2022
  • But it’s not the leaves or flowers that make sandalwood so prized – it’s the aromatic heartwood.
    — Katie Chang, Forbes, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The problem is that fenceposts are often made of heartwood, which is the most resistant to the treatment process.
    — Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Ax-wielding carpenters hack at tree trunks to create the castle’s roof beams — a single beam from the heartwood of each tree.
    — Kim Willsher, latimes.com, 6 June 2019
  • The tree was diagnosed as having decayed heartwood and cannot be saved, Nelson said.
    — Hillary Davis, Daily Pilot, 14 Oct. 2019
  • The arts—the school’s core mission—have been cleaned out: 10 easels, nine digital pianos, eight heartwood djembes, and four conga drums, all gone.
    — Annie Waldman, Slate Magazine, 19 Sep. 2017
  • However, the level of weather- and bug-resistance is directly related to the amount of heartwood in the boards.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2017
  • If an affected tree is cut down, the heartwood is darker in color than surrounding wood, thus the name wetwood.
    — oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2022
  • That is normal behavior for ancient yews; often the heartwood rots out, giving the elderly tree a lighter load to bear.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 21 June 2019
  • Tannin in the trees' bark and heartwood give the redwoods their color and also act as a flame retardant, according to the Sempervirens Fund.
    — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2020
  • An old log lay on the angle of repose, poised to roll over broken stones, and chunks of heartwood were newly exposed, beetles and ants flowing in lines with white fungi in their clutches.
    — Suzanne Simard, Wired, 7 May 2021
  • Houses have worn many species of wood over the years, but the two main types of wood siding are red and white cedar, both of which are naturally rot-resistant due to the fragrant tannic acids found in their heartwood.
    — Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2022
  • Though dozens of mills have closed over the decades, trucks still hurtle down Highway 20 carrying stacks of hulking redwoods, easy to distinguish by their crimson heartwood.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2022
  • The workshop recently began using natural dyes for the first time; the browns and yellows in the broom come from walnuts and osage orange heartwood, both grown in the college’s nine-acre forest.
    — Liz Logan, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Branches, bark, and heartwood—what appears to be nothing more than floating debris—become either home to or sustenance for a range of plants and animals.
    — Brian Payton, Smithsonian, 9 Feb. 2018
  • For decking that's 100 percent heartwood, the CRA suggests using construction heart redwood.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2017
  • English brown oak comes from oaks that have been infected by the beefsteak fungus, Fistulina hepatica, which turns their heartwood brown.
    — Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Oudh is an oleoresin, born out of a fungal attack upon the heartwood of a perfectly ordinary slim-limbed tree, native to South and Southeast Asia, known as Aquilaria malaccensis.
    — New York Times, 10 May 2021
  • Yet in its heartwood, Future Library is just another time capsule—a popular response since the nineteenth century to the feeling of impending doom.
    — Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Tireless Henderson Islanders squaring off Pacific rosewood, adzes made from giant clamshells, chewing out chocolate shavings from the dark heartwood.
    — Jonny Diamond, Longreads, 8 June 2019
  • For decking that's 100 percent heartwood, consider construction heart redwood.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 7 June 2020

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