Antonyms for two-by-four
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : too-bahy-fawr, -fohr, -buh- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtu baɪˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr, -bə- |
Definition of two-by-four
- As in cramped : adj congested, overcrowded
- As in beam : noun length of material used as support
- As in rafter : noun beam
- At the third jump his hat flew off, disclosing the jagged end of a two-by-four.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- I say, Phil, should this two-by-four go in with the big side out, or the narrow?
- Extract from : « The Winning Touchdown » by Lester Chadwick
- Thats what comes of blatting things in a two-by-four burg like this.
- Extract from : « The Bail Jumper » by Robert J. C. Stead
- There isn't much room for the Triangle in a two-by-four shack.
- Extract from : « The Prairie Wife » by Arthur Stringer
- 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.
- Extract from : « The Boy Craftsman » by A. Neely Hall
- This platform should be fastened to the first, with the end which has not been battened secured to the two-by-four at C.
- Extract from : « The Boy Craftsman » by A. Neely Hall
- Using the two-by-four as a fulcrum, he began levering the door upward and outward.
- Extract from : « The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High » by Leslie W. Quirk
- And time after time Stud brought the two-by-four crashing down between the maddened animal's eyes.
- Extract from : « Plowing On Sunday » by Sterling North
- Zircon had found a piece of two-by-four lumber about eight feet long, and he was swinging it like a flail.
- Extract from : « The Caves of Fear » by John Blaine
- For a moment Zircon's lumber wreaked havoc, then he struck a part of the junk and the two-by-four splintered.
- Extract from : « The Caves of Fear » by John Blaine
Synonyms for two-by-four
- awkward
- axle
- bail
- balk
- bolster
- boom
- brace
- cantilever
- circumscribed
- close
- closed in
- column
- confined
- crabbed
- crossbar
- crosspiece
- crowded
- girder
- hemmed in
- illegible
- incommodious
- indecipherable
- irregular
- jamb
- jammed in
- joist
- lath
- lintel
- little
- minute
- narrow
- packed
- pent
- pile
- piling
- pillar
- plank
- pole
- post
- prop
- rafter
- reach
- restricted
- scaffolding
- scantling
- shaft
- sill
- small
- spar
- squeezed
- stanchion
- stay
- stringer
- strip
- strut
- stud
- tight
- timber
- tiny
- transverse
- trestle
- tucked up
- two-by-four
- uncomfortable
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