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