lumber

lumber

Chiefly US and Canadian

a. logs; sawn timber

b. cut timber, esp when sawn and dressed ready for use in joinery, carpentry, etc.

c. (as modifier): the lumber trade

Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Lumber

Timber that is sawn or split in the form of beams, boards, joists, planks, or shingles; refers especially to pieces smaller than heavy timber.

Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture Copyright © 2012, 2002, 1998 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved

lumber

[′ləm·bər]

(materials)

Logs that have been sawed and prepared for market.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

lumber

Timber sawn or split in the form of beams, boards, joists, planks, etc., esp. that which is smaller than heavy timber. Also see board, 1, dimension lumber, matched boards, and yard lumber.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Lumber

 

materials (beams, boards, scantlings) produced by sawmilling. Depending on the method of sawing, lumber may be quarter-sawn, flat-sawn, or combined sawn. Lumber with edges finished by sawing is called square-edged, while material without finished edges is called rough. That which has been further processed after sawing in order to smooth the surface or to produce specially shaped surfaces is called dressed. Lumber is used for construction and for making packing containers, furniture, and other articles.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.