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timber
[ tim-ber ]
noun
- the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- growing trees themselves.
- wooded land.
- wood, especially when suitable or adapted for various building purposes.
- a single piece of wood forming part of a structure or the like:
A timber fell from the roof.
- Nautical. (in a ship's frame) one of the curved pieces of wood that spring upward and outward from the keel; rib.
- personal character or quality:
He's being talked up as presidential timber.
- Sports. a wooden hurdle, as a gate or fence, over which a horse must jump in equestrian sports.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with timber.
- to support with timber.
verb (used without object)
- to fell timber, especially as an occupation.
interjection
- a lumberjack's call to warn those in the vicinity that a cut tree is about to fall to the ground.
timber
/ ˈtɪmbə /
noun
- wood, esp when regarded as a construction material Usual US and Canadian wordlumber
- ( as modifier )
a timber cottage
- trees collectively
- woodland
- a piece of wood used in a structure
- nautical a frame in a wooden vessel
- potential material, for a post, rank, etc
he is managerial timber
verb
- tr to provide with timbers
interjection
- a lumberjack's shouted warning when a tree is about to fall
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Other Words From
- timber·less adjective
- timber·y adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of timber1
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Example Sentences
“The Americans were a tool, used by the Safis in the Pech to rid them of their competition in the timber trade,” Zalwar Khan said.
Despite the trade officially being banned, he explains, timber was still locally harvested and sold.
With a lot of forethought, he wields an 8-pound maul through timber.
Though the company imports its wood from a timber supplier, they cut and process it.
One outfitter found a camp in timber—a Nichols camp, with a fresh three-rock campfire.
The moment the bait was touched, down would come the heavy timber—smash—on the tiger's head.
I pulled up and glanced about, but the clumps of scrubby timber were just plentiful enough to cut off a clear view of the flat.
The case was fixed over the engine-shaft on two beams of timber from wall to wall.
It is like the eating of a smothered fire into rotten timber in that it is noiseless and without haste.
There was then a great deal of old timber about the place and a long avenue of oaks, besides three large cherry orchards.
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