timber
IPA: tˈɪmbɝ
noun
- (uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
- (outside Canada, US, uncountable) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
- (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.
- Material for any structure.
- (firearms, informal) The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.
- (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.
- Misspelling of timbre. [The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.]
verb
- (transitive) To fit with timbers.
- (transitive, obsolete) To construct, frame, build.
- (falconry, intransitive) To light or land on a tree.
- (obsolete) To make a nest.
- (transitive) To surmount as a timber does.
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Examples of "timber" in Sentences
- The fire singed timbers.
- The timber was shredded with a saw.
- The industry in the area was timber.
- The timber was felled in the royal forests.
- Sawdust is the by product of cutting timber.
- The timber of the species is marketed as chestnut.
- The forested slopes of the Massif support a sizable timber industry.
- The forests of the Malnad region produce timber, bamboo and sandalwood.
- The timber resources used to make wood pulp are referred to as pulpwood.