BOARD FOOT Definition & Meaning

board foot

noun

Building Trades.

a unit of measure equal to the cubic contents of a piece of lumber one foot square and one inch thick, used in measuring logs and lumber. : bd. ft.

board foot

noun

a unit of board measure: the cubic content of a piece of wood one foot square and one inch thick

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Origin of board foot¹

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

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The U.S. consumes roughly 50 billion board feet of wood a year, most of that for new residential construction.

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In fact, it looks a little like a traditional timber company — except instead of board feet, its final product is tons of carbon pulled out of the atmosphere.

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At stake for logging companies with the monument designation was millions of board feet of timber that could be harvested there.

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The 2 million board feet of wood were treated with metallic salts as a fire retardant.

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“The larger and older the tree, the broader the board feet produced,” Spivak said.

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