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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Numbers and letters used to rank wood according to quality.






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






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






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






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






6. The level of the ground: also identifies the quality of the lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Lumber defect in wood.






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






31. An opening in lumber between annular rings containing pitch in either liquid or solid form.






32. A method of sawing lumber parallel to the medullary rays to produce edge-grain lumber.






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






34. A defect in lumber caused by a separation of the annular ring; also - a type of wood shingle.






35. An opening in lumber between annular rings containing pitch in either liquid or solid form.






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






37. A defect in lumber caused by a separation of the annular ring; also - a type of wood shingle.






38. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






39. A method of sawing lumber parallel to the medullary rays to produce edge-grain lumber.






40. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






45. Lumber defect in wood.






46. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






50. The level of the ground: also identifies the quality of the lumber.