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Definition of balsawood

balsawood

/ˈbɔːlsəˌwʊd/
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balsawood Lexical Profile

balsawood Game Scores & Validity

• noun

1

The exceptionally light, buoyant, and soft timber of the balsa tree (Ochroma pyramidale), widely used for making architectural models, toy airplanes, and surfboards.

Example

"The engineering students constructed a bridge out of balsawood to test how much weight the lightweight structure could support."

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• Nearby Words

balsam
balsam fir
balsamic
balsawood
baltic
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Word Origin & Etymology

A closed compound formed from 'balsa' (from Spanish 'balsa', meaning 'raft', because the buoyant timber was used by indigenous peoples in South America to build rafts) and 'wood'.

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Historical frequency of usage in published text.

180019102020
Data source: Google Books Ngram Viewer

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Balsawood. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/balsawood
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