Pressed Wood Products: Materials used in building and furniture construction that are made from wood veneers, particles, or fibers bonded together with an adhesive under heat and pressure.

 

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Pressed Wood Products: Materials used in building and furniture construction that are made from wood veneers, particles, or fibers bonded together with an adhesive under heat and pressure.

Pressure-Treated Wood: Lumber that has been saturated with a preservative.

Softwood: Evergreen trees (spruce, fir and pine). The term does not refer to the hardness of the wood.

Sapwood: Layers of secondary xylem that are still functional in older woody plants; visible as the outer lighter areas in the cross section of a tree trunk.

Pressed Steel: Sheet steel made into curved sections by press forming. It is often used in the construction of motorcycle frames.

Manufactured Wood: A wood product such as a truss, beam, gluelam, microlam or joist which is manufactured out of smaller wood pieces and glued or mechanically fastened to form a larger piece. Often used to cre . . . View Full Definition

Plywood: A panel (normally 4' X 8') of wood made of three or more layers of veneer, compressed and joined with glue, and usually laid with the grain of adjoining plies at right angles to give the she . . . View Full Definition

Poultry Products Inspection Act Of 1957: P.L. 85-172 (August 28, 1957), as amended by the Wholesome Poultry Products Act of 1968 (P.L. 90-492, August 18, 1968), requires USDA to inspect all 'domesticated birds' when slaughtered and . . . View Full Definition

Utility Wood: (also 'hybrid wood') fairway wood of varied lofts, head shape or sole shape which may also have playing characteristics associated with irons

Value-Added Products: In general, products that have increased in value because of processing: such products include wheat flour and soybean oil. Livestock are considered value added products because they have in . . . View Full Definition