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Lumber

Timber after it has been sawed and split into planks or other smaller components that can be used as building material.

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Cup

Building materials; Lumber

A concave curvature across the grain or width of the a piece of lumber.

Irregular grain

Building materials; Lumber

Grain where the fibres contort and twist around knots, butts, curls and so on.

Latent Heat

Building materials; Lumber

Energy required to vaporise liquid water without increasing its temperature.

Mechanically laminated lumber

Building materials; Lumber

Laminated lumber where the laminations are joined with mechanical fasteners.

Wild grain

Building materials; Lumber

Grain where the fibres contort and twist around knots, butts, curls and so on.

Resins

Building materials; Lumber

A class of amorphous vegetable substances secreted by certain plants or trees.

Coupler

Building materials; Lumber

A metal sleeve threaded internally and used to connect threaded rods or bolts

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