Assertion: birch's wood | /r/HasProperty | hard
Facets:
value: generally
type: DEGREE
value: with a silky luster
type: OTHER
value: moderately
type: DEGREE
value: very
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The wood is very hard and heavy, and quite brittle.
text: Wood is hard, dense, and rather brittle, with the heartwood pinkish or light reddish brown, with a silky luster.
text: Wood is tough, even grained, moderately hard, and elastic and is used for construction.
text: Wood is close-grained, very strong, hard, and heavy.
text: The wood is hard and burled throughout; it is prized for its decorative appearance and is used in wood-carving and as veneer.
text: The wood is hard and burled throughout; it is prized for its decorative appearance and is used in wood-carving and as veneer. '
text: The wood is generally hard, tough and heavy, hornbeams particularly so; several species were of significant importance in the past where very hard wood capable of withstanding heavy wear was required, such as for cartwheels, water wheels, cog wheels, tool handles, chopping boards, and wooden pegs.
text: The wood is hard, tough and attractive, so is widely used for furniture; it’s also ideal for making high-end speaker cabinets.
text: Wood of hickory is dense, hard and durable.
text: The wood is dull orange brown, hard, and durable in contact with the soil; it was used in the past for posts and rails, small boats and ox-yokes, though scarcity and small size limits current use.