/ Dictionary / Index S softwood: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: soft•wood Pronunciation: (sôft'wood", soft'-), [key] — n. any wood that is relatively soft or easily cut. a tree yielding such a wood. a coniferous tree or its wood. —adj. of, pertaining to, or made of softwood. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: softwood (Thesaurus) soft wheat softy Related Content Daily Word Quiz: procrastinate Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language