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meranti|məˈræntɪ|
[Malay.]
A hardwood timber produced by trees of the genus Shorea, belonging to the family Dipterocarpaceæ, and native to Malaya, Sarawak, and Indonesia; also, a tree yielding this wood.
1783W. Marsden Hist. Sumatra 130 Maranti maracooly and murbow, are in much estimation for building. 1839T. J. Newbold Pol. & Statistical Acct. Straits of Malacca I. vii. 442 The trees chiefly in use for purposes of house and ship are the Chingei,..the red and white Meranti for planks, etc. 1900W. W. Skeat Malay Magic 109 The mĕranti is a fine hard-wood forest tree. 1935I. H. Burkill Dict. Econ. Products Malay Peninsula II. 2002 Red Mĕranti is the commonest Malayan timber. 1955Nomencl. Commercial Timbers (B.S.I.) 74 For the light to medium-weight timbers it should be noted that meranti is the group name for species of Shorea in Malaya, Sarawak, Brunei and Indonesia. 1956Archit. Rev. CXX. 117 All windows and doors are framed in red meranti hardwood. 1956Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Prod. Res. Lab.) 150 In Malaya this timber is commonly classified for export mainly on the basis of colour and weight as light red meranti (the most important), dark red meranti, yellow meranti and white meranti. 1966D. Forbes Heart of Malaya x. 113 Their box-like wooden houses..are dull and plain in contrast with the charming thatched cottages of red meranti wood, in which the Malays live. 1971Timber Trades Jrnl. 14 Aug. 42/2 Malaysian and Singapore plywoods, of which meranti and mengkulang are the most important, accounted for 11·9% of deliveries of 102 500m3. |