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two-by-four
[ too-bahy-fawr, -fohr, -buh- ]
adjective
- two units thick and four units wide, especially in inches.
- Informal. lacking adequate space; cramped:
a small, two-by-four room.
- Informal. unimportant; insignificant:
Theirs was a petty, two-by-four operation.
noun
- a timber measuring 2 × 4 inches (5 × 10 centimeters) in cross section, when untrimmed: equivalent to 1 5/8 × 3 5/8 inches (4.5 × 9 centimeters) when trimmed.
two-by-four
noun
- a length of untrimmed timber with a cross section that measures 2 inches by 4 inches
- a trimmed timber joist with a cross section that measures 1 1 2 inches by 3 1 2 inches
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of two-by-four1
Example Sentences
The corridor, eight feet tall and 20 feet long, is built from ordinary wall board and exposed two-by-four struts.
If “Knight of Fortune” is a gentle nudge to the ribs, Misan Harriman’s “The After” is a two-by-four to the gut — and not in a good way.
To craft a bass guitar, Aston took a two-by-four piece of wood and attached it to a square of plywood; down the neck he strung a curtain cord, with a wooden ashtray as the bridge.
“I’m not going to lie. If I see a rock I like, I try and roll it in my car on a two-by-four.”
The center I-beam that ran the length of the house was twisted, and the two-by-four plate on top of it was only 7/8-inch thick due to being compressed.
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