end grain

American  

noun

1. wood grain, as at the end of a board, resulting from a cut across the grain.

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Other Word Forms

• end-grain
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of end grain

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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end grain

It’s got these really cool floors, it’s called end grain wood.

From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2022

Polyurethane glue can be helpful in certain situations, such as when you want to glue the end grain of a piece of wood to another piece of wood.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2018

PVA glue shrinks as it cures, so when you glue the end grain, the joint winds up with almost no glue and is weak.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2018

Choose long, edge-grain strips or blocky end grain.

From Time ● Mar. 12, 2015

Since the block-plane is intended chiefly for use on end grain, no cap is needed to break the shavings.

From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William