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Timber

noun
/ˈtɪmbə/
Word Frequency: 10.6

Definitions

1.nounTrees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
2.noun(outside North America) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
3.nounA 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"
4.nounMaterial for any structure.
5.nounThe wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.
6.nounA 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.
7.verbTo fit with timbers.
"timbering a roof"
8.verbTo construct, frame, build.
9.verbTo light or land on a tree.
10.verbTo make a nest.
11.verbTo surmount as a timber does.
12.interjectionUsed by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.

Synonyms

beamrafterforesttimberlandlumberwoodwoodlandqualitytonetimbrewoodswoody

Rhymes With

timbrelimberimberjim burrkimber
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