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board foot

n. pl. board feet Abbr. bd. ft. or BF

A unit of cubic measure for lumber, equal to one foot square by one inch thick.

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board foot

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

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board′ foot`

the basic unit of board measure, equal to the cubic contents of a piece of lumber one foot square and one inch thick. Abbr.: bd. ft.

[1895–1900, Amer.]

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board foot - the volume of a piece of wood 1 foot square and 1 inch thick

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For example, the current worth for a medium-grade black-walnut veneer log delivered to a veneer mill is $5 per board foot.(1) According to one of several methods used in the industry to price timber, a log with a diameter of 18 inches and a length of 14 feet has 171 board feet and a value of $855.

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An attachment to a recisions bill, the rider instructed the Forest Service to sell 4.5 billion board feet (a "board foot" is an inch-thick square foot of wood) of salvage timber - trees that are dead, dying, or "imminently susceptible" to fire, disease, or insect attack - to logging companies by the end of 1996.