Carpentry Terminology

5. When a piece of lumber has a crack on its edge that goes only partially through it.
7. The art and trade of cutting, working, and joining wood.
10. When the sides of a piece of lumber curves to the right or left.
12. Made from woods that grow faster and are less dense. They have needles like pine.
16. Lumber that has been cut to a final dimension. The type that you'd buy at Home Depot. For example: 2X4 2X8, 2X6.
17. The smaller side area of a piece of lumber.
18. When the face of a piece of lumber curves to the right or to the left.
19. When a crack goes completely through the edge of a piece of lumber.
20. Lumber that is pressure treated with chemicals. Made for outdoors.

1. The property of wood that determines its strength or weakness.
2. The end of a piece of lumber, where the grain is most visible.
3. Lumber that has been put into an oven (kiln) for hardening that reduces the moisture content.
4. A bend in lumber where the ends curve upward.
6. The woods with the most density. They are from trees that drop their leaves and grow slower.
8. When a piece of lumber is high on one end and low on the opposite diagonal end.
9. Lumber that has been cut or sized down lower than its original size.
11. Lumber that has been surfaced (cut and smoothed down) on the two facing sides.
13. The large, flat part of a piece of lumber.
14. lumber that has been surfaced (cut and smoothed down) on four sides. Commonly seen at Home Depot.
15. The actual design or pattern on the face of a piece of lumber.