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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. technology
  3. wood technology
  4. wood properties
  5. wood defects
  1. Fields of Study
  2. toxicology
  3. products and commodities
  4. product quality
  5. product defects
  6. wood defects
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. toxicology
  3. products and commodities
  4. product quality
  5. product defects
  6. wood defects
  1. Fields of Study
  2. toxicology
  3. products and commodities
  4. product quality
  5. product defects
  6. wood defects
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. toxicology
  3. products and commodities
  4. product quality
  5. product defects
  6. wood defects
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. toxicology
  3. products and commodities
  4. product quality
  5. product defects
  6. wood defects
  1. Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
  2. products and commodities
  3. product quality
  4. product defects
  5. wood defects

Preferred term

wood defects

Type

  • Product

Definition

  • Information Any of the various imperfections that can be observed in lumber and wood products, such as checks, splits, knots, crooks, bowed wood, machine burns, sap-stain, blue-stain, cupped wood, twists, and wormholes.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

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Synonyms

  • case hardening (wood defects)
  • wood anomalies

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/31971

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