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TIMBER
timber
(noun) a beam made of wood
timber
(noun) a post made of wood
timbre, timber, quality, tone
(noun) (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); āthe timbre of her soprano was rich and lovelyā; āthe muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meetā
forest, woodland, timberland, timber
(noun) land that is covered with trees and shrubs
lumber, timber
(noun) the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
timber (countable and uncountable, plural timbers)
(uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
(outside, North America, uncountable) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
(countable) A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.
Material for any structure.
(firearms, informal) The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.
(archaic) A certain quantity of fur skins (as of martens, ermines, sables, etc.) packed between boards; in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty. Also timmer, timbre.
Synonyms
• (trees considered as a source of wood): timberland, forest
• (wood that has been cut ready for construction): lumber (US), wood
• (beam used to support a roof): beam, rafter
Hyponyms
• (wooden beam used to provide support): crosstree
Interjection
timber!
Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.
Verb
timber (third-person singular simple present timbers, present participle timbering, simple past and past participle timbered)
(transitive) To fit with timbers.
(transitive, obsolete) To construct, frame, build.
(falconry, intransitive) To light or land on a tree.
(obsolete) To make a nest.
(transitive) To surmount as a timber does.
Etymology 2
Noun
timber
Misspelling of timbre.
Anagrams
• betrim, timbre
Source: Wiktionary
Tim"ber, n. Etym: [Probably the same word as timber sort of wood; cf. Sw. timber, LG. timmer, MHG. zimber, G. zimmer, F. timbre, LL. timbrium. Cf. Timmer.] (Com.)
Definition: A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer. [Written also timbre.]
Tim"ber, n. Etym: [F. timbre. See Timbre.] (Her.)
Definition: The crest on a coat of arms. [Written also timbre.]
Tim"ber, v. t.
Definition: To surmount as a timber does. [Obs.]
Tim"ber, n. Etym: [AS. timbor, timber, wood, building; akin to OFries. timber, D. timmer a room, G. zimmer, OHG. zimbar timber, a dwelling, room, Icel. timbr timber, Sw. timmer, Dan. tƶmmer, Goth. timrjan to build, timrja a builder, L. domus a house, Gr. dama a house. *62. Cf. Dome, Domestic.]
1. That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3. And ta'en my fiddle to the gate, . . . And fiddled in the timber! Tennyson.
2. The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
3. Fig.: Material for any structure. Such dispositions are the very errors of human nature; and yet they are the fittest timber to make politics of. Bacon.
4. A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding. So they prepared timber . . . to build the house. 1 Kings v. 18. Many of the timbers were decayed. W. Coxe.
5. Woods or forest; wooden land. [Western U.S.]
6. (Shipbuilding)
Definition: A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united. Timber and room. (Shipbuilding) Same as Room and space. See under Room.
– Timber beetle (Zoƶl.), any one of numerous species of beetles the larvƦ of which bore in timber; as, the silky timber beetle (Lymexylon sericeum).
– Timber doodle (Zoƶl.), the American woodcock. [Local, U.S.] -- Timber grouse (Zoƶl.), any species of grouse that inhabits woods, as the ruffed grouse and spruce partridge; -- distinguished from prairie grouse.
– Timber hitch (Naut.), a kind of hitch used for temporarily marking fast a rope to a spar. See Illust. under Hitch.
– Timber mare, a kind of instrument upon which soldiers were formerly compelled to ride for punishment. Johnson.
– Timber scribe, a metal tool or pointed instrument for marking timber. Simmonds.
– Timber sow. (Zoƶl.) Same as Timber worm, below. Bacon.
– Timber tree, a tree suitable for timber.
– Timber worm (Zoƶl.), any larval insect which burrows in timber.
– Timber yard, a yard or place where timber is deposited.
Tim"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Timbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Timbering.]
Definition: To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle. His bark is stoutly timbered. Shak.
Tim"ber, v. i.
1. To light on a tree. [Obs.]
2. (Falconry)
Definition: To make a nest.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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