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Lumber

Characteristic determined by the size and quality of the wood elements. Descriptive terms include fine, medium, uniform, even, uneven, coarse.

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Construction; Carpentry

Refers to solid wood product from saw and planing mills with no other processing than sawing, resawing, planing lengthwise and crosscutting to length. Lumber is supplied either ...

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Construction; Seismic safety

The product of the sawmill and planing mill, usually not further manufactured other than by sawing, resawing, passing lengthwise through a standard planing machine, crosscutting ...

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Building materials; Lumber

Characteristic determined by the size and quality of the wood elements. Descriptive terms include fine, medium, uniform, even, uneven, coarse.

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Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Wood from felled trees having a section produced by lengthwise sawing or chipping of logs or other solid wood of large dimensions and possible crosscutting and/or further ...

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Timber that has been sawed into boards, planks, staves, or other pieces of comparatively small dimensions. In mines, timber is used in the construction of coal chutes, mine cars, ...

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Building materials; Lumber

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Building materials; Lumber

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Building materials; Lumber

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