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Timber

see synonyms of timber

Noun

1. lumber, timber

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

2. timber

a beam made of wood

3. timber

a post made of wood

4. forest, timber, timberland, woodland

land that is covered with trees and shrubs

5. quality, timber, timbre, tone

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

Example Sentences:
'the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely'
'the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Timber

see synonyms of timber
noun
1. 
a. 
wood, esp when regarded as a construction material
. Usual US and Canadian word: lumber
b. 
(as modifier)
a timber cottage
2. 
a. 
trees collectively
b. mainly US
woodland
3. 
a piece of wood used in a structure
4. nautical
a frame in a wooden vessel
5. 
potential material, for a post, rank, etc
he is managerial timber
verb
6. (transitive)
to provide with timbers
exclamation
7. 
a lumberjack's shouted warning when a tree is about to fall

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Timber

see synonyms of timber
noun
1. 
a. 
a building
b. 
building material
2. 
wood suitable for building houses, ships, etc., whether cut or still in the form of trees
3. 
a large, heavy, dressed piece of wood used in building; beam
4.  British
lumber1 (sense 2)
5. 
trees or forests collectively
6. 
personal quality or character
a man of his timber
7.  Shipbuilding
a wooden rib
verb transitive
8. 
to provide, build, or prop up with timbers
verb intransitive
9. 
to work at cutting down timber
adjective
10. 
of or for timber
interjection
11. 
used in a forest to signify that a cut tree is about to fall
a lumberman's warning shout

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Timber

see synonyms of timber
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.
interj.
Used by one cutting down a tree to warn those around that the tree is about to fall.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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