timbernoun
uk/ˈtɪm.bər/us/ˈtɪm.bɚ/C2 [ U ] trees that are grown so that the wood from them can be used for building:
a timber forest
These trees are being grown for timber.
C2 [ U ] UK US lumber wood used for building:
a timber merchant
C2 [ C ] a long piece of wood used for building, especially houses and ships:
roof timbers
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- It was a brick house fronted on three sides with timber.
- We use a timber preservative regularly.
- Untreated timber would rot very quickly.
- Russia has a wealth of coal and timber.
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Building materials
- adobe
- airbrick
- asbestos
- asphalt
- bitumen
- boarding
- flagstone
- flitch
- floorboard
- flooring
- hard core
- lacquer
- limestone
- putty
- razor wire
- reinforced concrete
- roofing
- rubble
- shingle
- weatherboarding
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Types of wood
timberexclamation
uk/ˈtɪm.bər/us/ˈtɪm.bɚ/shouted when a tree that has been cut is about to fall
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Forestry
- afforestation
- arborist
- brushwood
- cut sth down
- deforestation
- fell
- flitch
- forested
- forester
- glade
- grove
- jungle
- logging
- logjam
- old growth
- saw sth down
- spinney
- the timberline
- tree-lined
- wooded
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