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Tech/Engineering - Forestry / Wood / Timber / Exotic wood species | | German term or phrase: Cachàholz | . . . und besteht aus Cachàholz, das in seiner Härte termiten- und wasserfest ist.
Ich nehme an, wir benutzen auch auf englisch Cachàholz? Jedenfalls finde ich nichts anderes. |
| Sharon MolerKudoZ activityQuestions: 13 (none open) Answers: 1
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| | English translation:Cachà | Explanation:
Judging by the google hits, this is a local name or a local variety in Costa Rica. Normally 'wood' is not used together with the name of a type of wood in English (e.g. you say 'oak', not 'oak wood').
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The house is built on 1.2-metre piles of the hardest of hard woods, Cachà, which is so dense that it sinks in water. As a result it is also termite proof, an important factor in these parts.
www.architecture.com/Awards/RIBAInternationalAwards/2008/Ca...
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Ken Cox
Local time: 00:53
| Grading comment Thanks - I forgot I reopened this one.
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Explanation:
Judging by the google hits, this is a local name or a local variety in Costa Rica. Normally 'wood' is not used together with the name of a type of wood in English (e.g. you say 'oak', not 'oak wood').
refs:
The house is built on 1.2-metre piles of the hardest of hard woods, Cachà, which is so dense that it sinks in water. As a result it is also termite proof, an important factor in these parts.
www.architecture.com/Awards/RIBAInternationalAwards/2008/Ca...
| Ken Cox
Local time: 00:53
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 20
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| | Grading comment | Thanks - I forgot I reopened this one. |
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