Uk English Meaning of timber
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Definitions and Meaning of timber in English
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)
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.
timber (v. t.)
To surmount as a timber does.
To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
timber (v. i.)
To light on a tree.
To make a nest.
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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,
