timber
/ˈtɪmbə/
Dictionary
noun
- Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
- (outside North America) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
- 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.
"the timbers of a ship"
- Material for any structure.
- The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.
- 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.
verb
- To fit with timbers.
"timbering a roof"
- To construct, frame, build.
- To light or land on a tree.
- To make a nest.
- To surmount as a timber does.
interjection
- Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.
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