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How to pronounce hardwood in American English
“hardwood” pronunciation by American speakers
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like northern hardwood in the east.
US Forest Service
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and 30 acres is bottomland hardwood forest.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
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fall out of my mouth on to our hardwood floor and it would shutter.
NIST
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