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When you hear "Solid wood", how do you interpret that?
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Yeah, when I build stuff, I always just say the timber it's made out of, but I was talking with someone about an old dresser. They mentioned it was "solid wood", but the case was made out of an old press board. Which led to this question. I wanted to make sure I wasn't confused.
Sounds like the person you were talking to may have been the confused one. (In all fairness, if they have no great interest in wood, woodworking, or furniture, they don't really need to know that engineered sheet goods don't count as solid wood.)
Ahh, context! Then I would probably think of oak, just because that's what the few old dressers I've seen are made of. Although I would want to double check