Construction math glossary

Plain words for the terms behind the numbers.

• Bevel
• Block
• Board foot
• Chord
• Common rafter
• Crown moulding
• Cubic yard
• Diagonal
• Footing
• Headroom
• Hip
• Jack rafter
• Joist
• Level
• Miter
• Nosing
• On centre
• Overhang
• Pitch
• Plate
• Plumb
• Plumb cut
• Radius
• Rafter
• Ridge
• Rise
• Riser
• Run
• Sheet
• Slab
• Slope
• Span
• Spring angle
• Square up
• Stringer
• Stud
• Takeoff
• Tread
• Valley
• Waste