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timber
  1. (uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
  2. (Canada) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
  3. (countable) 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. Historically also used in the plural, as in "ship's timbers".
  4. (firearms, informal) The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.
  5. (archaic) 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.
  6. Misspelling of timbre.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “Its product, wood, is of primary importance to humans as timber for construction, fuelwoods, and wood-pulp for paper manufacturing.”
      “Joists behind oriel windows are supported by a large timber.”
      “They walked through the timber, then crossed the road again, and walked onto the creek.”
timberman
  1. A lumberman
  2. A timber dealer
  3. A person who installs timbers in a mine
  4. A longhorn beetle, of genus Acanthocinus, of European pine forests.
  5. Examples:
    1. “He made his money that way, and it is not long since he was a timberman on this same lode.”
      “When he talked of boarding the timberman and bringing off the eight men, his imagination was a little confused.”
      “We went into camp, and before breakfast a timberman called on us.”
timberhead
  1. (nautical) The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.
timbering
  1. Any structure, partial structure, or other item made from timber.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The jury brought in a verdict that the cave-in in the tunnel was due to faulty design in the timbering.”
      “This distinctive industry may have been tied to new timbering practices, such as posts and palisades at the town and mound centers.”
      “The underground pursuit of iron ore here did not require timbering because the rock was so hard and dense.”
timberland
  1. Forested land thought of in terms of its potential and value as timber.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “But I own a home and several rental properties in Houston and some timberland in Polk County.”
      “They do everything from logging the trees on their extensive timberland to lining the caskets with white muslin.”
      “How did such an imperiled reptile thrive on a parcel long managed as commercial timberland?”
timberwork
  1. Work made of timbers.
  2. Examples:
    1. “A significant feature is that decorative timberwork hides the simple beam construction and the use of steel for the beams.”
      “This preserved medieval hall house offers the mod cons while retaining original timberwork, beamed ceilings and uneven floors.”
      “More specifically, it is the section of such a tower where bells hang, and even more particularly the timberwork that supports the bells.”
timberheads
  1. plural of timberhead
timberlands
  1. plural of timberland
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Stands of 50,000 or more board feet per acre are considered high volume and rare, comprising less than 2 percent of the Tongass timberlands.”
      “Some are urging government agencies to acquire timberlands and manage them to maintain working forests.”
      “Meanwhile, commercial and residential developers, and managers of timberlands, were removing the bluebird's existing nest sites.”
timberworks
  1. plural of timberwork
timbermen
  1. plural of timberman
  2. Examples:
    1. “It sounds like an air-raid siren but in fact it calls the timbermen back off shore leave.”
      “The timbermen replied that they had legal rights to cut the timber and she had no right to interfere.”
      “They push carts, assist trackmen and timbermen, shovel dirt and handle material, and do other necessary unskilled work about the mines.”
timberings
  1. plural of timbering
timbers
  1. plural of timber
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A glance upward through the ceiling area reveals the huge cross timbers, and the complex joinery of the gambrel roof system.”
      “The low, irregular ceiling is crisscrossed with beams made from ships' timbers and a log fire crackles merrily in the hearth.”
      “The timbers and tank for the structure were salvaged from a wrecked ship, the Martha Ridgway.”
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