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