two by four
(chiefly, North America) A length of sawn wood of cross section nominally 2 inches by 4 inches (actual dimensions 1½ × 3½ in modern use), most often employed as structural framing lumber
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(chiefly, North America) A length of sawn wood of cross section nominally 2 inches by 4 inches (actual dimensions 1½ × 3½ in modern use), most often employed as structural framing lumber (dimensional lumber).
Well, Moses stood on the Red Sea shore, And smote the water with a two by four
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(chiefly, North America, dated) A small, modest building.
Moses stood on the Red Sea shore, smotin' that water with a two by four
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(Australia, UK, NZ) A length of sawn wood of cross section 4 inches by 2 inches, most often employed as structural framing lumber / timber.
- dimensional lumber75%
(chiefly, North America) Lumber that is finished (milled or planed) and cut to standardized width and depth; in some countries the nominal sizes differ from the actual sizes in well-established ways (for example, in the United States, a two by four is nominally 2 inches by 4 inches and is actually 1½ by 3½ inches).
- four by two62%
(UK, Australia, military) A cotton cloth 4 inches wide with lines two inches apart, conveniently torn into two inch lengths for cleaning a rifle barrel using a pull through.
- lumber61%
(North America) Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material.