木材 (もくざい, mokuzai) Japanese meaning: lumber

木材 (もくざい, mokuzai) Japanese meaning: lumber | Kotomora

Kanji

材ざい木もくN2
材木 usually refers to lumber as a physical, commercial item (e.g. stacked at a lumberyard), while 木材 is the broader, more neutral term for wood as a material in general.
木きN5
木 is the everyday word for a tree or for wood in general, while 木材 specifically means wood that has been processed or is intended for use as building or manufacturing material.
材ざい
木材 explicitly means lumber or timber as a standalone noun, whereas 材 is a bound form usually appearing inside compounds like 木材 itself.
荒あら木き
木材 is the general word for wood or lumber used in construction, while 荒木 specifically means wood still in its raw, unprocessed state.

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木もく片へん
木材 refers to wood as a raw material or lumber in general, while 木片 is one small cut-off piece or fragment of wood.
ウッド
木材 is the native Japanese word for wood as a material, while ウッド is a loanword often used in compound terms or product names.
黒くろ木き
木材 is the broad, usually processed term for lumber, whereas 黒木 refers to raw, unbarked timber.

石せき材ざい
石材 and 木材 share the same 材 (material) structure and are often mixed up, but 石材 is stone material while 木材 is wood material.
建けん材ざい
木材 refers specifically to wood or lumber, whereas 建材 is the general term covering any material (wood, concrete, insulation, etc.) used in building.
雑ぞう木きN1
雑木 refers to living, uncultivated trees themselves, while 木材 refers to wood that has already been cut and processed as lumber.
薪まき
木材 means timber or lumber intended for building or manufacturing, whereas 薪 is wood specifically meant to be burned as fuel.

A Sino-Japanese compound of 木, meaning wood or tree, and 材, meaning material; together it means wood as a material.