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