balsa
pronunciation
How to pronounce balsa in British English:
UK [ˈbɔːlsə]
How to pronounce balsa in American English:
US [ ˈbɔːlsə]
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- Noun:
- strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats
- forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts
Word Origin
- balsa (n.)
- South American tree, 1866, apparently from Spanish balsa "float," originally the name of rafts used on the Pacific coast of Latin America (1777). The wood is very light.
Example
- 1. Basswood and balsa are also very popular .
- 2. My main interest is in traditionally constructed scale models , built using a balsa framework covered in tissue .
- 3. It is also a more preferable wood in all respects when compared to balsa by most modelers .
- 4. Scientists had long assumed that the balsa tree 's target audience must be bats .
- 5. Balsa that this video was taken in 1947 , monroe was less than 21 years of age .