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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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1. Bark - or lack of wood - on the edge of lumber.






2. Bands of cells radiating from the cambium layer to the pith of a tree to transport nourishment toward the center.






3. The outer part of a tree just beneath the bark containing active cells.






4. A volume of wood that measures 1' square and 1' thick or any equivalent lumber volume.






5. Large pieces of lumber over 5' in thickness and width.






6. Any deviation from straightness in a piece of lumber.






7. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






8. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






9. The point at which the moisture content of wood is equal to the moisture content of the surrounding air.






10. Lumber defect in wood.






11. Numbers and letters used to rank wood according to quality.






12. Lumber defect in wood.






13. A method of sawing lumber that produces flat grain.






14. Wood that is cut from the log to form boards - planks - and timbers.






15. Large pieces of lumber over 5' in thickness and width.






16. Cone bearing tree; also known as evergreen tree.






17. Wood used for framing having a nominal thickness of 2'






18. Lumber that has been dried to a suitable moisture content.






19. A layer just inside the bark of a tree where new cells are formed.






20. The natural glue in wood that holds together the wood cells and fibers.






21. The portion of wood that contains the first seven to fifteen growth rings of a log. They are located in the pith.






22. The amount of moisture in wood expressed as a percentage of the dry weight.






23. The outer part of a tree just beneath the bark containing active cells.






24. Machine that makes moldings or a thin strip placed between layers of lumber to create an air space for drying.






25. A type of warp in which the edge of a lumber is not straight.






26. The small - soft core at the center of a tree.






27. A defect in lumber caused by cutting through a branch of limb embedded in the log.






28. The natural glue in wood that holds together the wood cells and fibers.






29. Bark - or lack of wood - on the edge of lumber.






30. A type of warp in which the side of lumber is curved from end to end.






31. The rings seen when viewing a cross-section of a tree trunk; each ring constitutes one year of tree growth.






32. The rings seen when viewing a cross-section of a tree trunk; each ring constitutes one year of tree growth.






33. Lumber that has been seasoned by drying in the air.






34. A type of warp in which the edge of a lumber is not straight.






35. The wood of broad-leaved dictyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers).






36. Wood used for framing having a nominal thickness of 2'






37. Trees that shed leaves each year.






38. Wood that is cut from the log to form boards - planks - and timbers.






39. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






40. Lumber that has been dried to a suitable moisture content.






41. The wood in the inner part of a tree - usually darker and containing inactive cells.






42. Lumber that has been seasoned by drying in the air.






43. Lumber dried by placing it in huge ovens called kilns.






44. Wood from coniferous (cone-bearing) trees.






45. A person whose job is to cut logs into lumber.






46. A method of sawing lumber that produces flat grain.






47. Lumber that has not been dried to a suitable moisture content.






48. A device used to determine the moisture content of wood.






49. Lumber usually 8' or more in width and less than 2' thick.






50. The moisture content of wood when the cell cavities are empty but the cell walls are still saturated.