scrap wood

Leftover building material

Scrap wood is leftover pieces of lumber from construction, woodworking, or demolition—too small or irregular for their original purpose but potentially useful for smaller projects, kindling, or crafts.

He built the birdhouse entirely from scrap wood.

The term implies material that might otherwise be discarded but retains some value.

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rough edges · workshop · firewood · pallet · shavings · remnants · carpentry · pile · workbench · cutoffs · chipboard · grain · rough · jagged · salvage · woodshop · leftover · waste

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quality/usability

scrap woodlumber

Sawn wood for building

timber · finished lumber · dimensional lumber · virgin timber

form/processing

scrap woodplanks

Flat construction lumber pieces

boards · beams · two-by-fours · dimensional lumber · dressed lumber

value/status

scrap woodmahogany

Reddish-brown tropical lumber

walnut · teak · ebony

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G