Definition

The board-foot is a specialized unit of measure for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada. It is the volume of a one-foot length of a board one foot wide and one inch thick. Board-foot can be abbreviated FBM (for 'foot, board measure'), BDFT, or BF. Thousand board-feet can be abbreviated as MFBM, MBFT or MBF.

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Concept Information

IRI

https://vocab.sentier.dev/units/unit/FBM

Notation

BFT

Status

Accepted