Board foot

The board foot or board-foot is a unit of measurement for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada. It is the volume of a one-foot length of a board one foot wide and one inch thick. The board foot or board-foot is a unit of measurement for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada. It is the volume of a one-foot length of a board one foot wide and one inch thick. Board foot can be abbreviated FBM (for 'foot, board measure'), BDFT, or BF. Thousand board feet can be abbreviated as MFBM, MBFT, or MBF. Similarly, million board feet can be abbreviated as MMFBM, MMBFT, or MMBF. In Australia and New Zealand the term super foot or superficial foot was used to mean the same.