two-by-four|two by four in English

piece of wood that is four units wide and two units thick; narrow, tight (Informal); lack of importance (Informal)

Use "two-by-four|two by four" in a sentence

1. And that's a two-by-four.

2. Dreadnoughts were propelled by two to four screw propellers.

3. Or eight divided by two is equal to four.

4. Two plus two equals four.

5. Electricity was supplied by four electric generators powered by two diesel engines.

6. 2 Badminton can be played by two or four people.

7. four, three, two...

8. Four take away two is two.

9. The two strands are connected by combinations of four compounds called bases.

10. By the 1970s, most vehicles offered one-, two- and four-barrel Carburetors

11. Added to; plus: Two And two makes four

12. Four bulbs and two radios.

13. Unlike the others, Archer was powered by four diesel engines instead of two.

14. This short poem by Emily Dickinson has two stanzas of four lines each.

15. This is a bathtub I made, made out of scrap two- by- four.

16. The four Centrioles of prophase (two parents and two daughters) are distributed by the two meiotic divisions to the four typical spermatids, in which they function as the basal bodies of the flagella.

17. Bughouse is a variant of chess played by four players in teams (partnerships) of two on two separate chessboards

18. Bughouse is a chess variant that is played by four players divided into two teams of two players each

19. Plants grow in clumps, with each flowering stem surrounded by two to four leaves.

20. Widowed four years ago, she lives off two pensions left by her late husband.

21. There were transverse seats for two in each corner, reducing the seating by four.

22. WK: Four bulbs and two radios.

23. Arabella Four-Door Two-Drawer Credenza

24. Four legs good, two legs bad.

25. One, two, three, four, ready, set...