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Wikipedia's page on lumber[1] is a bit more rigid:

Today, a "2×4" board starts out as something smaller than 2 inches by 4 inches and not specified by standards, and after drying and planing is reliably 1 1⁄2 by 3 1⁄2 inches (38 mm × 89 mm).

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumber#North_American_softwood...




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