noun
rough wood; unseasoned timber; logs in bark
Refers to wood in its natural, unprocessed state, often with bark still attached, or freshly cut lumber that has not been dried or planed.
この小屋は荒木で建てられている。
This hut is built with rough, unseasoned timber.
製材所にはまだ皮のついた荒木が積まれていた。
At the lumber mill, logs in bark were piled up.
Rare variant; 粗 suggests 'coarse' wood, but this spelling is uncommon.
Compound of 荒 (rough, wild) and 木 (tree, wood). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning follows naturally from the kanji components.