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two-by-fours

See definition of two-by-fours on Dictionary.com
  • as inbeam
  • as inrafter

synonyms for two-by-fours

  • girder
  • joist
  • piling
  • pillar
  • plank
  • pole
  • shaft
  • sill
  • timber
  • axle
  • balk
  • bolster
  • boom
  • brace
  • cantilever
  • column
  • crossbar
  • crosspiece
  • jamb
  • lintel
  • pile
  • post
  • prop
  • rafter
  • scantling
  • spar
  • stanchion
  • stay
  • stringer
  • strip
  • strut
  • stud
  • two-by-four
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On this page you'll find 66 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to two-by-fours, such as: girder, joist, piling, pillar, plank, and pole.
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How to use two-by-fours in a sentence

Two pieces of four-by-four-inch timber each fifteen feet long should be made for sills by nailing two-by-fours together.
SHELTERS, SHACKS AND SHANTIESD.C. BEARD
The sills, which are four inches by four inches, are also supposed to be made by nailing two two-by-fours together.
SHELTERS, SHACKS AND SHANTIESD.C. BEARD
This fender is made of two two-by-fours set on edge and cross pieces let in near each end.
THE HOUSEBOAT BOOKWILLIAM F. WAUGH
When this has been done, cut four two-by-fours twenty-eight inches long.
THE BOY CRAFTSMANA. NEELY HALL
As may be seen, there are three two-by-fours on each side (Fig. 222).
BOAT-BUILDING AND BOATINGDANIEL CARTER BEARD
Then cut two two-by-fours the length of the greatest inside height of the house.
THE BOY CRAFTSMANA. NEELY HALL
Short two-by-fours may be spliced, or, more correctly speaking, "fished."
THE BOY CRAFTSMANA. NEELY HALL
Frustrated by the peril of the whirling two-by-fours, he swept up handfuls of gravel to hurl.
LET THERE BE LIGHTHORACE BROWN FYFE
Vito dragged the robot off the highway by the head, and they began the task of lashing it to the two-by-fours.
LET THERE BE LIGHTHORACE BROWN FYFE
Here was no necessity of dangling, for the two-by-fours running between the posts offered a graduated descent.
THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY ORDESTEWART EDWARD WHITE
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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