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The art, trade, or work of building.
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millwork
Construction; Carpentry
Products mainly manufactured from lumber in a planing mill or woodworking factory. Includes door frames, moldings,shutter and blinds, doors, staiwork, cabinets, mantels and sash ...
meeting rail
Construction; Carpentry
On double hung windows, a bottom rail on an upper window sash, or the top rail of the lower sash. Also known as check rail.
matched lumber
Construction; Carpentry
Edge dressed lumbershaped to make a tongue and groove joint at the ends or edges. Includes lumber with rabbetted edges.
mechanical core
Construction; Carpentry
Prefabricated construction module containing electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating, and/or air conditioning systems. Includes fully formed wall, floor and ceiling framing.
marquetry
Construction; Carpentry
A decorative craft consisting of covering a structural shell with pieces of veneer forming decorative patterns, designs or pictures. The technique may be applied to case furniture ...
medium-density fiberboard (MDF)
Construction; Carpentry
An engineered wood product formed by breaking down softwood into wood fibres, often in a defibrator, combining it with wax and a resin binder, and forming panels by applying high ...
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