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STERE (steer)
A
unit of volume equal to a cubic meter used as a measure for
cordwood
Common
clues: One
cubic meter; Unit of volume; About a quarter of a cord; Cordwood
measure; Metric measure; About 1.3 cubic yards; Firewood measure
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The
stere or stère is a unit of volume in the original metric
system equal to one cubic metre. The name was coined from the
Greek στερεός stereos
'solid' in 1793 France as a metric equivalent to the cord. The
stère is typically used for measuring large quantities of
firewood or other cut wood, while the cubic meter is used for
uncut wood. It is not part of the modern metric system (SI).
In
Dutch there's also a kuub, short for kubieke meter which is
similar but different. Whereas a "kuub" is a full cubic
metre, as it was traditionally used for wood a stère is a
cubic metre pile of woodblocks. Such a stère is a little
bit less than a kuub or full cubic metre of wood, because the
spaces between the woodblocks are included in a stère
while they're not in a kuub. In Finnish, the same unit is known
as motti (from Swedish mått, "measure").
Note
that the stère as used in contexts outside the timber
industry is not subject to the same ambiguity. In particular,
stère and kilostère are sometimes used in
hydrology, as the kilostere is a slightly larger metric analog of
an acre-foot, similar to the relationship of the tonne and
(short) ton.
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STERE
(141) 81 Tu >1 03 Cubic meter
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We- >1 04 Cordwood measure
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We- >1 96 Metric measure LITER TONNE
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One cubic meter
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Th+ >1 05 About 1.3 cubic yards
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Fr- LAT 09 Cubic measure
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Th- >1 07 Firewood measure
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We- NYT 97 Metric unit LITER LITRE TONNE
2
We- NYT 04 Metric volume LITER
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Th >1 07 Wood measure
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Fr NYT 95 1,000 liters
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Sa NYT 93 35,315 cubic feet
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Fr NYT 99 About 1/4 cord
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Th NYT 03 About 35.3 cubic feet
1
Fr NYT 04 About a quarter of a cord
1
Fr CSy 02 Cordwood unit
1
Th NYT 09 Firewood unit
1
We NYT 08 Metric volume measure
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Metric volume unit
1
Th NYT 05 One meter x one meter x one meter
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Th LAT 97 Reset anagram
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Th NYT 87 Solid: Comb. form
03
Volume measurement
1
Th NYT 09 Volume unit
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