Uk English Meaning of timber

timber

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Definitions and Meaning of timber in English

Wordnet

timber (n)

the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

a beam made of wood

a post made of wood

land that is covered with trees and shrubs

(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)

Webster

timber (n.)

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.

The crest on a coat of arms.

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.

The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.

Fig.: Material for any structure.

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.

Woods or forest; wooden land.

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.

Webster

timber (v. t.)

To surmount as a timber does.

To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.

Webster

timber (v. i.)

To light on a tree.

To make a nest.

FAQs About the word timber

timber

the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material, a beam made of wood, a post made of wood, land that is covered with trees and shrubs, (music) t

forest,wood,forest land,Timberland,Woodland,Arboretum,Brake,brushwood,chaparral,Coppice

No antonyms found.

timbale case => Timpani case, timbale => Timbale, timbal => Timpani, timaline => Timali, timaliidae => Timaliids,