"board-foot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: board-feet [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|board-feet}} board-foot (plural board-feet)
  1. A unit of cubic measure for timber, equal to one foot square by one inch thick. Categories (topical): Units of measure

Inflected forms

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