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I actually think the same things do make most people happy. The differences are extremely small, and around the margins. You like peach ice cream; I like strawberry ice cream. Both of us like ice cream much better than a smack on the head with two-by-four.
Daniel Gilbert

Meaning of "two-by-four" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TWO-BY-FOUR

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TWO-BY-FOUR

noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Two-By-Four is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TWO-BY-FOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

2x4

2x4, two-by-four, or two by four may refer to: ▪ Two-by-four, a common size of dimensional lumber...

Definition of two-by-four in the English dictionary

The definition of two-by-four in the dictionary is a length of untrimmed timber with a cross section that measures 2 inches by 4 inches. Other definition of two-by-four is a trimmed timber joist with a cross section that measures 11⁄2 inches by 31⁄2 inches.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TWO-BY-FOUR

two-bit
two-chamber system
two-colour process
two-cycle
two-cylinder
two-dimensional
two-dimensionality
two-dimensionally
two-door
two-edged
two-faced
two-facedly
two-facedness
two-fisted
two-four
two-four time
two-handed
two-handedly
two-hander
two-horse race

WORDS THAT END LIKE TWO-BY-FOUR

back four
Balfour
carrefour
coxless four
flat back four
four
four-by-four
four-four
petit four
three-four
two-four

Synonyms and antonyms of two-by-four in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «two-by-four» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TWO-BY-FOUR

Find out the translation of two-by-four to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of two-by-four from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «two-by-four» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

2乘四
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de dos por cuatro
570 millions of speakers

English

two-by-four
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दो से चार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يومين قبل أربعة و
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

два на четыре
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dois -por-quatro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তুচ্ছ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

deux - par - quatre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dua demi empat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zwei- mal-vier-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ツーバイフォー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이 별 네
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Loro-papat
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

hai lần bốn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரண்டு மூலம் நான்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दोन-चार-चार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

İki ile dört
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

due a quattro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dwóch po cztery
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

два на чотири
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

doi câte patru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δύο-επί - τέσσερα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

twee - by-vier
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

två - av - fyra
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

to -by - fire
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of two-by-four

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TWO-BY-FOUR»

The term «two-by-four» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.313 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TWO-BY-FOUR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about two-by-four

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QUOTES WITH «TWO-BY-FOUR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word two-by-four.
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Daniel Gilbert
I actually think the same things do make most people happy. The differences are extremely small, and around the margins. You like peach ice cream; I like strawberry ice cream. Both of us like ice cream much better than a smack on the head with two-by-four.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TWO-BY-FOUR»

Discover the use of two-by-four in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to two-by-four and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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99 Cents Best Detective Stories A Ride for Mr. Two-by-Four
Bruno Fischer. 10Story Detective, September, 1943. A. Ride. for. Mr. Two. byFour. When he started to tail the blue sedan for speeding,
Bruno Fischer, 2013
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365 Days of Coaching: Because Life Happens Every Day
Two-By-Four. JUST WHEN WE START GETTING a little lax, life sometimes delivers a cosmic two-by-four to remind us of what's really important. A cosmic two-by-four can come in many forms. Sometimes it looks like a cold or a fender bender.
Rachelle Disbennett-Lee, 2004
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Canadian Perspectives on Economic Relations with Japan
Maintenance of the system is part of the original purchase. Since August 1974, when the Canadian two-by-four building materials were approved through change in the Japanese building code, and the Canadian timber-frame construction ...
Keith A. J. Hay, 1980
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Popular Science
TWO-BY-FOUR CONTAINS EIGHT BOARD FEET TO GET BOARD FEET, MULTIPLY THICKNESS IN INCHES BY WIDTH IN INCHES BY LENGTH IN FEET AND DIVIDE BY 12 THIS ONE-BY-EIGHT BOARD CONTAINS EIGHT BOARD FEET ...
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Popular Science
And the two-by-four rails are easily replaced when they become chewed up. Shop-built horses usually are all lumber. There's one exception— the demountable, pipe-leg horse, which is a good bet for the guy with no permanent shop space.
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Boys' Life
3, use a two by four, Fig. 7 and T, Fig. 4. Saw the two by four off at the dotted lines marked in Fig. 5, and bore a hole through the center as shown by Fig. 5. A hole is bored through the reach board of the bob to correspond with the hole in Fig.
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Shut Up, Stop Whining, and Get a Life: A Kick-Butt Approach ...
... your results. The way I do that is by getting in your face and shaking you up a bit in order to wake you up from the sleep of mediocrity. It is pretty much like the mule and the two-by-four theory: You have to get the mule's attention first with the  ...
Larry Winget, 2004
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Popular Science
At the other end of the platform, a 3'8" length of two-by-four is nailed to the outside faces of the corner posts, with its top surface 5'6" above the ground. This forms a horizontal support for a slide. Diagonal braces of 1"- by-6" stock are also nailed ...
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Disconnected: Haves and Have-nots in the Information Age
Finally, another farmer walks up, surveys the situation, and offers to solve the problem. He reaches into the back of a wagon, pulls out a two-by-four, and hits the mule hard on the side of the head. The mule immediately begins following orders.
William Wresch, 1996
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100 Ways to Motivate Yourself: Change Your Life Forever
that two-by-four, But if I put that same two-by-four 10 stories high between two buildings only a few would make it, because the focus would be on falling. Focus is everything. The team that is more focused today is the team that will win this ...
Steve Chandler, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TWO-BY-FOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term two-by-four is used in the context of the following news items.
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Suspect uses two-by-four to rob 7-11
A suspect brandishing a wooden board robbed a Saskatoon 7-11 Wednesday morning. Police were called to the convenience store on Broadway Avenue ... «CTV News, Jun 15»
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Police: Lou. man facing charges after beating man with two-by-four
Police say 47-year-old Michael Hunter entered a residence in the 2500 block of Sherry Road on May 17 armed with a two-by-four. They say Hunter struck an ... «WHAS 11.com, May 15»
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Police log: Man texts landlord about being attacked with two-by-four
These logs are the highlights of initial emergency calls and reports to the Douglas County Dispatch Center. They do not represent all of the incidents or their final ... «NRToday.com, Apr 15»
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Montgomery County man to serve 7.5 years for hitting deputy with …
During the altercation, Baker bit the deputy's thigh, hit him with a two-by-four and punched him several times. According to the sheriff's office, Baker reached for a ... «WDBJ7, Apr 15»
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Man hit Jersey City woman in head with two-by-four, broke her arm …
JERSEY CITY -- A man has been arrested and charged with slamming a two-by-four into a Jersey City woman's head and breaking her arm, according to police. «NJ.com, Mar 15»
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Man hit in head with two-by-four while trying to break up fight in Flint
FLINT, MI -- A man was given several stitches after he was hit in the head with a two-by-four for trying to break up a fight in Flint, according to a police report. «MLive.com, Feb 15»
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Providence man indicted in $3 Bar death
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Providence man was indicted Friday on charges he killed another man with a two-by-four in a parking lot behind a Federal Hill bar in ... «The Providence Journal, Jan 15»
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Two-by-Four
On October 1, Deschutes Land Trust publicly announced an ambitious goal to fully reclaim and restore Whychus Creek, a cold water tributary that runs northeast ... «The Source Weekly, Dec 14»
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Corner Brook's Mamateek Inn to be stripped 'down to the two-by-four'
"First of all we are going to renovate all the rooms," Illes added. "We are going to strip everything down to the two-by-four — new vanities, new windows," he said. «CBC.ca, Oct 14»
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Police: Bangor Township man attacks dad with two-by-four
BAY CITY, MI — A 41-year-old Bangor Township man is accused of attacking his father with a two-by-four and a pair of gardening shears in a fit of rage after his ... «The Bay City Times, Jul 14»

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