Definitions for two-by-four

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two-by-four two-by-four

Spelling: [too-bahy-fawr, -fohr, -buh-]

IPA: /ˈtu baɪˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr, -bə-/

Two-By-Four is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 183 anagrams from letters in two-by-four (--bfoortuwy).

Definitions for two-by-four

noun

1. a timber measuring 2 by 4 inches (5 × 10 cm) in cross section, when untrimmed: equivalent to 1 5/8 by 3 5/8 inches (4.5 × 9 cm) when trimmed.

adjective

1. two units thick and four units wide, especially in inches.
2. Informal. lacking adequate space; cramped:
3. Informal. unimportant; insignificant:

Origin of two-by-four

An Americanism dating back to 1880-85

Examples for two-by-four

Using the two-by-four as a fulcrum, he began levering the door upward and outward.

And time after time Stud brought the two-by-four crashing down between the maddened animal's eyes.

Thats what comes of blatting things in a two-by-four burg like this.

There isn't much room for the Triangle in a two-by-four shack.

What about the law against the IRS smacking Tea Party-type nonprofits over the head with a two-by-four?

I say, Phil, should this two-by-four go in with the big side out, or the narrow?

Zircon had found a piece of two-by-four lumber about eight feet long, and he was swinging it like a flail.

This platform should be fastened to the first, with the end which has not been battened secured to the two-by-four at C.

The top is made out of a piece of two-by-four with bevelled mortises cut in two sides of each end as in Fig. 10.

At the third jump his hat flew off, disclosing the jagged end of a two-by-four.