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two-by-four definition

☆ two·-by-four (to̵̅o̅′bī fôr′)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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