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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






2. A type of warp in which the side of a board is curved from edge to edge.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






26. Lumber defect in wood.






27. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






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






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






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






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






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






33. Lumber defect in wood.






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






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






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






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






38. Trees that shed leaves each year.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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