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Building materials

Any material used for or during the construction of buildings.

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crook

Building materials; Lumber

Warping along the edge from one end the other.

crosscutting

Building materials; Lumber

Sawing across the grain of piece of wood.

crown

Building materials; Lumber

Paving slightly humped so that the water will run off. Also a contoured molding sometimes installed at the junctures of walls and ceilings.

crowning

Building materials; Lumber

Arranging all framing members so that all crowns are in the same direction.

cupping

Building materials; Lumber

A type of warping that causes boards to curl up at their edges.

dado

Building materials; Lumber

A rectangular channel cut partway into a board.

dampproofing

Building materials; Lumber

The coating applied to the exterior of a foundation wall with a waterproofing material such as foundation coating.