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