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