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BOARD MEASURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does board measure mean? 

BOARD MEASURE (noun)
  The noun BOARD MEASURE has 1 sense:

1. a system of units for measuring lumber based on the board footplay

  Familiarity information: BOARD MEASURE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOARD MEASURE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A system of units for measuring lumber based on the board foot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("board measure" is a kind of...):

metric; system of measurement (a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic)


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