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two-by-four

adjective

  1. that measures two inches by four inches, two feet by four feet, etc.
  2. Informal small, narrow, cramped, etc.

noun

any length of lumber two inches thick and four inches wide when untrimmed: in the building trades, applied to a trimmed piece 1 by 3 inches

See two-by-four in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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