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

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

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2022

Wood fibers are like straws, and when you spread any kind of glue on the end grain of a board, the glue is sucked up into the 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

A better form of extension bit for the end grain of wood is shown in Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua