wood checks

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006840",
  "term": "wood checks",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A lengthwise separation of the wood that usually extends across the rings of annual growth and commonly results from stresses set up in wood during seasoning.",
  "subject": "Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry",
  "see_also": [
    "wood defects",
    "wood",
    "growth rings",
    "knots",
    "wood chips"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Forest Products Laboratory. 1999. Wood handbook - Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-113. Madison, WI: U.S.D.A, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 463 p.",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "fendas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/wood-checks/"
}