Cryptic crossword clue
It’s used in building 8 3-2-4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word TWO-BY-FOUR

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What does TWO-BY-FOUR mean?

TWO-BY-FOUR noun
  1. A length of lumber having a cross section of two inches by four inches, or in the case of dimensional lumber three and a half inches by one and a half inches.
TWO-BY-FOUR adjective
  1. Measuring two inches by four inches
  2. (by extension) small or cramped

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