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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab
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1. Any deviation from straightness in a piece of lumber.
Warp
Pith
Equilibrium moisture content
Board foot
2. Wood that is cut from the log to form boards - planks - and timbers.
Juvenile wood
Seasoned lumber
Lumber
Green lumber
3. The wood of broad-leaved dictyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers).
Sawyer
Cambium layer
Hardwoods
Fiber-saturation point
4. Cone bearing tree; also known as evergreen tree.
Grade
Dimension lumber
Warp
Coniferous
5. A type of warp in which the side of lumber is curved from end to end.
Board
Hardwoods
Bow
Softwood
6. Numbers and letters used to rank wood according to quality.
Coniferous
Warp
Shake
Lumber grades
7. A defect in lumber caused by a separation of the annular ring; also - a type of wood shingle.
Shake
Plain-sawed
Fiber-saturation point
Warp
8. The amount of moisture in wood expressed as a percentage of the dry weight.
Air-dried
Shake
Cambium layer
Moisture content
9. Cone bearing tree; also known as evergreen tree.
Coniferous
Sawyer
Air-dried
Air-dried
10. A device used to determine the moisture content of wood.
Equilibrium moisture content
Lumber grades
Moisture meter
Kiln-dried
11. A defect in lumber caused by a separation of the annular ring; also - a type of wood shingle.
First and seconds
Twist
Moisture meter
Shake
12. Trees that shed leaves each year.
Lumber
Grade
Equilibrium moisture content
Deciduous
13. Lumber that has not been dried to a suitable moisture content.
Moisture meter
Green lumber
Softwood
Moisture meter
14. Bands of cells radiating from the cambium layer to the pith of a tree to transport nourishment toward the center.
Dimension lumber
Medullary ray
Quarter-sawed
Fiber-saturation point
15. Wood used for framing having a nominal thickness of 2'
Bow
Dimension lumber
Medullary ray
Stickering
16. Wood used for framing having a nominal thickness of 2'
Wane
Coniferous
Dimension lumber
Juvenile wood
17. Lumber that has been seasoned by drying in the air.
Stickering
Lumber grades
Wane
Air-dried
18. Lumber that has been dried to a suitable moisture content.
Board
Knots
Seasoned lumber
Green lumber
19. The level of the ground: also identifies the quality of the lumber.
Green lumber
Grade
Coniferous
Green lumber
20. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.
Lignin
No. 1 common
Twist
Sapwood
21. A volume of wood that measures 1' square and 1' thick or any equivalent lumber volume.
Board foot
Juvenile wood
Pitch pocket
No. 1 common
22. Lumber dried by placing it in huge ovens called kilns.
Pith
Heartwood
Kiln-dried
Sapwood
23. Wood that is cut from the log to form boards - planks - and timbers.
Knots
Lumber
Air-dried
Moisture content
24. A method of sawing lumber parallel to the medullary rays to produce edge-grain lumber.
Cup
Bow
Lumber grades
Quarter-sawed
25. The natural glue in wood that holds together the wood cells and fibers.
Air-dried
Heartwood
Shake
Lignin
26. Bands of cells radiating from the cambium layer to the pith of a tree to transport nourishment toward the center.
Pith
Crook
Medullary ray
Lumber
27. A volume of wood that measures 1' square and 1' thick or any equivalent lumber volume.
Board foot
Plain-sawed
Lumber grades
Stickering
28. The point at which the moisture content of wood is equal to the moisture content of the surrounding air.
Sapwood
Fiber-saturation point
Sawyer
Equilibrium moisture content
29. Lumber that has not been dried to a suitable moisture content.
Crook
Green lumber
Seasoned lumber
Pith
30. The point at which the moisture content of wood is equal to the moisture content of the surrounding air.
Crook
Equilibrium moisture content
Green lumber
Cambium layer
31. Lumber usually 8' or more in width and less than 2' thick.
Board
Hardwoods
Annular rings
Plain-sawed
32. A method of sawing lumber that produces flat grain.
Cambium layer
Plain-sawed
Grade
Sapwood
33. Lumber defect in wood.
Deciduous
Timber
Sawyer
Twist
34. A person whose job is to cut logs into lumber.
Kiln-dried
Sawyer
Hardwoods
Grade
35. The wood in the inner part of a tree - usually darker and containing inactive cells.
Heartwood
Deciduous
Crook
Moisture content
36. Lumber that has been dried to a suitable moisture content.
Seasoned lumber
Quarter-sawed
Crook
Stickering
37. A person whose job is to cut logs into lumber.
Equilibrium moisture content
Sawyer
Moisture meter
Lumber grades
38. A type of warp in which the side of lumber is curved from end to end.
Bow
Hardwoods
Lignin
Green lumber
39. A type of warp in which the side of a board is curved from edge to edge.
First and seconds
Cup
Lumber
Twist
40. Machine that makes moldings or a thin strip placed between layers of lumber to create an air space for drying.
Lumber grades
Fiber-saturation point
Cambium layer
Stickering
41. Trees that shed leaves each year.
Board foot
Deciduous
Coniferous
Medullary ray
42. An opening in lumber between annular rings containing pitch in either liquid or solid form.
Softwood
Sawyer
Pitch pocket
Annular rings
43. A layer just inside the bark of a tree where new cells are formed.
Coniferous
Cambium layer
Lumber
Medullary ray
44. A defect in lumber caused by cutting through a branch of limb embedded in the log.
Wane
Equilibrium moisture content
Knots
Quarter-sawed
45. The moisture content of wood when the cell cavities are empty but the cell walls are still saturated.
Warp
Timber
Pitch pocket
Fiber-saturation point
46. An opening in lumber between annular rings containing pitch in either liquid or solid form.
Green lumber
Moisture content
Pith
Pitch pocket
47. The portion of wood that contains the first seven to fifteen growth rings of a log. They are located in the pith.
Juvenile wood
Green lumber
Moisture meter
Pitch pocket
48. Machine that makes moldings or a thin strip placed between layers of lumber to create an air space for drying.
Fiber-saturation point
No. 1 common
Stickering
Seasoned lumber
49. The rings seen when viewing a cross-section of a tree trunk; each ring constitutes one year of tree growth.
Crook
Plain-sawed
Pitch pocket
Annular rings
50. The small - soft core at the center of a tree.
Board
Medullary ray
Twist
Pith