finished lumber

Ready-to-use planks

Finished lumber is wood that has been processed beyond rough cutting—planed smooth, dried, and cut to standard dimensions.

It's ready for construction or woodworking without further preparation: The shelves were built from finished lumber.

The term distinguishes it from rough-sawn boards that still need surfacing.

Also called dressed lumber.

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softwood · milled · sanded · dimensional · planks · carpentry · sawmill · grain · wood grain · oak · pine · maple · woodworking · joists · studs · smooth · kiln-dried · tongue-and-groove

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processing stage

finished lumberrough lumber

Unfinished sawn wood

raw lumber · green lumber · timber · logs · standing timber

material refinement

finished lumberraw wood

Timber without finish

standing timber · tree trunks · roundwood · sawlogs · cordwood

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Top 500,000
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