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ALL meanings of balsa

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  • uncountable noun balsa Balsa or balsa wood is a very light wood from a South American tree. 3
  • noun balsa a bombacaceous tree, Ochroma lagopus, of tropical America 3
  • noun balsa the very light wood of this tree, used for making rafts, etc 3
  • noun balsa a light raft 3
  • noun balsa any of several tropical American trees (genus Ochroma) of the bombax family that yield an extremely light and buoyant wood used for rafts, model airplanes, etc. 3
  • noun balsa the wood 3
  • noun balsa a raft, esp. one made up of a frame resting on cylindrical floats 3
  • noun balsa a tropical American tree, Ochroma pyramidale (lagopus), of the bombax family, yielding an exceedingly light wood used for life preservers, rafts, toy airplanes, etc. 1
  • noun balsa a raft made of balsa wood. 1
  • noun balsa any life raft. 1
  • noun balsa A very lightweight wood used in particular for making models and rafts. 1
  • noun balsa lightweight wood 1
  • noun balsa type of tree 1
  • noun balsa A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight. 0
  • noun balsa (Uncountable Noun) The wood of this tree. 0
  • noun balsa A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America. 0
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