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board measure

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board measure
n. Abbr. b.m.
Measurement in board feet.

board measure
n
(Mathematics & Measurements / Units) a system of units for measuring wood based on the board foot. 1980 board feet equal one standard
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Noun1.board measure - a system of units for measuring lumber based on the board foot
system of measurement, metric - a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic


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When a building is boarded vertically, or up and down, and the stuff is dressed and matched, two men will put up and nail about 2000 feet, board measure, and build their own scaffolding.
The video board measures 33 feet high and 89 feet across, and fills almost completely the primary structure of the existing scoreboard in the west end zone at Autzen.
 
 
 
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