cedar mahogany
- noun
- South African
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madera de caoba de cedro
- The wood from cedar mahogany is prized by cabinet makers for its attractive color and light weight.
Examples
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The scent of cedar mahogany filled the carpentry workshop as the craftsman began cutting the boards.
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They imported several planks of cedar mahogany to use in the new furniture line.
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The table is made of cedar mahogany.
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I love the rich color of cedar mahogany furniture.
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The wood from cedar mahogany is prized by cabinet makers for its attractive color and light weight.
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The scent of cedar mahogany filled the carpentry workshop as the craftsman began cutting the boards.
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They imported several planks of cedar mahogany to use in the new furniture line.
Synonyms
A tree from Africa with lightweight, reddish-brown wood that smells like cedar
An African tree with light reddish wood that smells like cedar, also called sapele
A tall African tree whose light reddish-brown wood smells like cedar and is used for furniture and guitars
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound simply combines two familiar wood names, so a B1 learner who knows 'cedar' and 'mahogany' can infer it refers to a type/variety of mahogany with cedar-like qualities (a kind of timber). This noun-noun composition follows ordinary compounding patterns and is therefore directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Cedar mahogany comes from how the tree's wood both smells and looks. It joins cedar, because the wood has a strong cedar-like smell, and mahogany, because the color is 'reddish-brown' and it is good for furniture, so the name now means the African tree and its light, fragrant 'wood'.
