A board foot is one foot long, one foot wide and one inch in thickness. Checking the Waste Mary Huston Gregory This is usually expressed in pounds per thousand board feet, a board foot being considered as one-twelfth of a cubic foot.
Sibilance is a manner of articulation of fricative and affricate consonants, made by directing a stream of air with the tongue towards the sharp edge of the teeth, which are held close together; a consonant that uses sibilance may be called a sibilant, or a strident.
Example sentences containing 'sibilant'. They stood close together in the cramped space, and he spoke softly in the remembered sibilant voice. A SONG AT TWILIGHT (2001)He went to the threshold, intending to call for Maxine again, but before he could do so he heard the sound of low, sibilant laughter.