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dimension lumber

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noun

  1. building lumber cut to standard or specified sizes.

  2. sawed lumber from 2 to 5 inches (5 to 12.7 centimeters) thick and from 4 to 12 inches (10.2 to 30.5 centimeters) wide.

Etymology

Origin of dimension lumber

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

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Wood-cutting and rafting also engage a large number of the population, the product in the shape of dimension lumber, deals, etc. finally being shipped to western European ports.

From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Ballou, Maturin Murray

Judge Mattingly was running a sawmill near the river, cutting the native cottonwoods into dimension lumber and common boards.

From Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences by Daughters of the American Revolution. Nebraska

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