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Definition of Timber

1. Noun. The wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material.

2. Noun. A beam made of wood.

3. Noun. A post made of wood.

4. Noun. Land that is covered with trees and shrubs.

5. Noun. (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound). "The muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"

Definition of Timber

1. n. A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer.

2. n. The crest on a coat of arms.

3. v. t. To surmount as a timber does.

4. n. That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3.

5. v. t. To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.

6. v. i. To light on a tree.

Definition of Timber

1. Noun. Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood. ¹

2. Noun. (British uncountable) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction. ¹

3. Noun. 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". ¹

4. Interjection. Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Timber

1. to furnish with timber (wood used as a building material) [v -ED, -ING, -S] : TIMBERY [adj]

Medical Definition of Timber

1. 1. That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber. "And ta'en my fiddle to the gate, . . . And fiddled in the timber!" (Tennyson) 2. The body, stem, or trunk of a tree. 3. Material for any structure. "Such dispositions are the very errors of human nature; and yet they are the fittest timber to make politics of." (Bacon) 4. A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding. "So they prepared timber . . . To build the house." (1 Kings v. 18) "Many of the timbers were decayed." (W. Coxe) 5. Woods or forest; wooden land. 6. A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united. Timber and room. Any larval insect which burrows in timber. Timber yard, a yard or place where timber is deposited. Origin: AS. Timbor, timber, wood, building; akin to OFries. Timber, D. Timmer a room, G. Zimmer, OHG. Zimbar timber, a dwelling, room, Icel. Timbr timber, Sw. Timmer, Dan. Tommer, Goth. Timrjan to build, timrja a builder, L. Domus a house, Gr. House, to build, Skr. Dama a house. 62. Cf. Dome, Domestic. A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc, packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty. Synonym: timmer. Alternative forms: timbre. Origin: Probably the same word as timber sort of wood; cf. Sw. Timber, LG. Timmer, MHG. Zimber, G. Zimmer, F. Timbre, LL. Timbrium. Cf. Timmer. 1. To light on a tree. 2. To make a nest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Timber

timaline timar timarau timaraus timariot timariots timars timba timbal timbale

timbale case timbalero timbaleros timbales timbals timber (current term) timber-camp timber-framed timber-rafting timber camp

timber framing timber hitch timber hitches timber line timber rafting timber rattlesnake timber stand improvement timber wolf

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