board-feet

Timber volume measure

Board-feet is the plural of board foot, a unit for measuring lumber volume.

One board foot equals a piece one foot long, one foot wide, and one inch thick—144 cubic inches.

Lumber is priced and sold by the board foot: We'll need about 200 board-feet for the deck.

lumber

timber

Wood for construction

oak · pine · cedar · maple · birch · walnut · cherry · ash · mahogany · teak

measurement

cubic

Of three dimensions

length · dimensional · tally · scaling · calculation · formula · conversion · estimate · yield · recovery

sawmills

logs

Cut wood sections

  • sawingSlicing with toothed blade
  • bandsawLooped-blade cutting machine
  • kerfIncision from a blade

cross-cut · edger · planer · debarker · stacker · carriage · headrig · cant · flitch · overrun

pricing

cost

Required payment amount

quote · invoice · bulk · premium · commodity · futures · tariff · import · export · valuation

Opposites
measurement type

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Mass measurement units

kilograms · tons · square feet · meters · inches

metric vs. imperial systems

board-feetcubic meters

Volume measurement unit

cubic centimeters · liters

Family

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