Glossary of Joinery and Woodworking Terms
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Baluster
Balustrade
Banister
Batten
Battenboard
Beaded wood
Bevel
Blockboard
Bole
Broad-leaved trees
Casing
Cellular wood panel
Chamfered
Composites
Conversion
Counterbore
Countersink
Cup
Dado
Densification
Density
Distortion
Dovetail
Doweling
Drip groove
Dry board
Earlywood
Eaves
Edge and end spacing
End grain
End-jointed
Engineered wood
Extruded particle board
Face edge
Face side
Fascia board
Fibreboard
Finger-jointed
Floor board
Foliage
Furring battens
Glulam
Going
Grain
Groove
Hardboard
Hardwood
Head
Head plate
Heartwood
Horns
Impregnation or injection
Interlocking joint
Jamb
Kerf
Knot
Laminated veneer lumber (LVL)
Laminated wood
Laminboard
Ligneous
Lignin
Marquetry
Mediumboard
Microporous
Mitre
Mortise
Moulded wood
Movement
Mullion
Muntin
Newel
Nogging
Nosing
Oriented strand board (OSB)
Parallel strand lumber
Particle board
Peeling
Permeability
Planed
Planking
Plywood
Pointside
Preservative treatment
Purlin
Rafter
Ray
Rebated
Reveal
Riser
Rotary cut
Rounded wood
Sanded
Sandwich construction
Sap
Sapwood
Sash
Shake
Shingle
Short grain
Sill
Skirting or skirting board
Slicing
Soffit
Softboard
Softwood
Spandrel
Species
Staff bead
Stave
Stile
Stopper
Strength grade
String
Structural timber composites
Stud
Stud partition
Tenon
Tongue
Tongued and grooved
Touch-sanding
Transom
Tread
Trunk
V- jointed
Veneer
Waferboard
Wall plate
Wane
Waney edge
Warp
Wet processing
Wood block
Wood planks
Wood strip
Wood-based board
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