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timber /timˈbər/ noun- Wood suitable for building or carpentry, whether growing or cut
- Standing trees of oak, ash, elm, or (locally by custom) other kinds suitable for timber, forming part of an inheritance (Eng law)
- Material generally
- A beam or large piece of wood in a framework, of eg a house, ship, etc
- Familiarly, a wooden object or part
- (in pl) cricket stumps (informal)
- A wooden leg
- Wood (dialect)
- Woodland, forest-land (N American)
adjective- Of timber
- Wooden
- Wooden in tone, unmusical (Scot)
transitive verb- To provide or cover with timber or beams
- To build (obsolete)
interjection A warning given when a tree being felled is about to fall ORIGIN: OE timber building, wood, timbrian to build; Ger Zimmer room timˈbered adjective - Built, constructed, esp of wood
- Provided with timber
- Shored up with timber
- (of country) wooded
- Appar massive (Spenser)
timˈbering noun - Timber collectively
- Work in timber
timˈberhead noun - The top of a ship's timber rising above the deck and used as a bollard
- A bollard placed in a similar position
timber hitch see under hitch timˈberland noun (N American) Land covered with trees used for timber timber line noun The upper limit of timber trees on the mountains, etc timˈberman noun - A person responsible for the timbers in a mine
- A person who works with timber
- Any of various longicorn beetles of the genus Acanthocinus, whose larvae live in fallen trees
timˈber-mare see under horse timˈber-toes singular noun A person with a wooden leg timber tree noun A tree suitable or grown for timber timber wolf noun An American variety of the common wolf, the grey wolf timˈberyard noun A yard or place where timber is stored or sold half-timbered see under half |