timber

tim·ber  (tmbr)

n.

1.

a. Trees or wooded land considered as a source of wood.

b. Wood used as a building material; lumber.

2.

a. A dressed piece of wood, especially a beam in a structure.

b. Nautical A rib in a ship's frame.

3. A person considered to have qualities suited for a particular activity: That trainee is executive timber.

tr.v. tim·bered, tim·ber·ing, tim·bers

To support or frame with timbers: timber a mine shaft.

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[Middle English, from Old English, building, trees for building; see dem- in Indo-European roots.]

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timber

Noun

1. wood as a building material

2. trees collectively

3. a wooden beam in the frame of a house, boat, etc.

Adjective

1. made out of timber: timber houses

2. of or involved in the production or sale of wood as a building material: a timber merchant [Old English]

timbered adj
timbering n

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Timber furs or animal skins, especially 40 skins of martens, ermines, or sable, and 120 skins of other animals.

Examples: timber of ermine skins, 1714; of marten skins, 1707; of mink skins, 1707; of sable skins, 1566.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	timber - the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material lumber stock - lumber used in the construction of something; "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter" strip - thin piece of wood or metal building material - material used for constructing buildings wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees plank, board - a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes planking - planks collectively; a quantity of planks
	2.	timber - a beam made of wood beam - long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction coulisse - a timber member grooved to take a sliding panel sternpost - (nautical) the principal upright timber at the stern of a vessel stringer - a long horizontal timber to connect uprights two-by-four - a timber measuring (slightly under) 2 inches by 4 inches in cross section
	3.	timber - a post made of wood post - an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position; "he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them"
	4.	timber - land that is covered with trees and shrubs timberland, woodland, forest biome - a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate greenwood - woodlands in full leaf; "the greenwood was Robin Hood's home" dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" riparian forest - woodlands along the banks of stream or river silva, sylva - the forest trees growing in a country or region tree farm - a forest (or part of a forest) where trees are grown for commercial use
	5.	timber - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet" timbre, tone, quality sound property - an attribute of sound harmonic - any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental resonance - the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities coloration, colouration, color, colour - the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music" nasality - a quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators plangency, reverberance, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy, ringing, resonance - having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant stridence, stridency, shrillness - having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound register - (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

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timber

noun 1. beams, boards, planks

noun 2. wood, logs

Translations

timber [tɪmbəʳ] n (material) → madera;

(trees) → árboles mpl

timber [ˈtɪmbəʳ] n (= material) → bois m de construction (= trees); arbres mpl

timber [ˈtɪmbəʳ] n (material) → Holz nt;

(trees) → Nutzholz nt

timber [ˈtɪmbəʳ] n (material) → legname m (= trees); alberi mpl da legname

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timber

n timber [ˈtimbə]

1 wood, especially for building This house is built of timber. hout خَشَب للبِناء дървен материал stavební dříví træ das Bauholz ξυλεία madera de construcción puit چوب puu bois de construction עֵץ לִבנִייָה इमारती लकडी़ drvo, drvena građa fa(anyag) kayu timbur legname 材木 목재 mediena koks; kokmateriāli kayu hout tømmer, trelast drewno madeira che­restea древесина stavebné drevo stavbni les drvo timmer, trä, virke ต้นไม้ที่เติบโตในป่า (โดยเฉพาะที่โตพอเหมาะที่จะตัดทำซุง) kereste 木材 лісоматеріал عمارت ميں استعمال کي لکڑي gỗ 木材

2 trees suitable for this a hundred acres of good timber. hout شَجَر لِخَشَب البِناء дървета kmen tømmer die Bäume (pl.) δένδρα για ξυλεία árboles maderables metsamaterjal درختان puutavara arbres, bois עֵצִים לִבנִייָה लकडी़ drvo, drveće épületfa pohon tré, skógur alberi 材木用樹林 수목; 삼림 statybinis miškas, mediena būvkoks pokok kayu opgaand hout trær, tømmer drzewa przeznaczone na budulec madeira cherestea строевой лес kmeň drevje za stavbni les drvna građa timmerskog ป่าไม้ kerestelik ağaç (可作木材的)樹木 будівельний ліс عمارتي لکڑيوں کے درخت cây lấy gỗ （可作木材的）树木

3 a wooden beam used in the building of a house, ship etc. hout ضِلْع أو عارِضَه في هَيْكَل السَّفينَه греда kláda, trám bjælke der Holzbalken δοκάρι viga palk الوار؛ تیر parru poutre, madrier קוֹרָה लकड़ी के बिम्ब deblo gerenda balok bjálki, (burðar)biti trave はり 들보 sija baļķis rasuk, pelancar kayu balk bjelke belka viga grindă, căprior балка rezivo tram noseća greda bjälke ไม้ซุง tahta kiriş 棟樑 колода, брусок; балка لکڑي کي کڑي thanh gỗ 栋梁