timber
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
growing trees themselves.
wooded land.
wood, especially when suitable or adapted for various building purposes.
a single piece of wood forming part of a structure or the like: A timber fell from the roof.
Nautical. (in a ship's frame) one of the curved pieces of wood that spring upward and outward from the keel; rib.
personal character or quality: He's being talked up as presidential timber.
Sports. a wooden hurdle, as a gate or fence, over which a horse must jump in equestrian sports.
to furnish with timber.
to support with timber.
to fell timber, especially as an occupation.
a lumberjack's call to warn those in the vicinity that a cut tree is about to fall to the ground.
Origin of timber
1Other words from timber
- tim·ber·less, adjective
- tim·ber·y, adjective
Words that may be confused with timber
- timber , timbre
Words Nearby timber
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How to use timber in a sentence
Here in Alaska, many moose hunters frequent old burned timber stands, and these are littered with dead small trees and debris that can damage an ATV pretty easily if you’re not careful.
Six ways to make your ATV even more rugged | By Tyler Freel/Outdoor Life | September 17, 2020 | Popular-ScienceIt also would reinstate timber severance taxes, which are based on the value of the trees that are logged.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Calls for Audit After Our Reporting on a State Institute That Lobbied for the Timber Industry | by Tony Schick, OPB, and Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive | September 2, 2020 | ProPublicaHis bill died after the timber industry opposed defunding the institute.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Calls for Audit After Our Reporting on a State Institute That Lobbied for the Timber Industry | by Tony Schick, OPB, and Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive | September 2, 2020 | ProPublicaIn a story published in June, the three news organizations found that the state’s largest timber companies received billions of dollars in tax cuts since the 1990s.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Calls for Audit After Our Reporting on a State Institute That Lobbied for the Timber Industry | by Tony Schick, OPB, and Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive | September 2, 2020 | ProPublicaAt the same time a surge in home renovations and do-it-yourself home projects during the pandemic—just look at the earnings of Home Depot and Lowe’s—and rebounding home construction have increased the demand for timber.
‘Severe lumber shortage’ is adding $14,000 to the cost of a new home | Lance Lambert | August 31, 2020 | Fortune
“The Americans were a tool, used by the Safis in the Pech to rid them of their competition in the timber trade,” Zalwar Khan said.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley | Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDespite the trade officially being banned, he explains, timber was still locally harvested and sold.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley | Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith a lot of forethought, he wields an 8-pound maul through timber.
Though the company imports its wood from a timber supplier, they cut and process it.
One outfitter found a camp in timber—a Nichols camp, with a fresh three-rock campfire.
The moment the bait was touched, down would come the heavy timber—smash—on the tiger's head.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. PikeI pulled up and glanced about, but the clumps of scrubby timber were just plentiful enough to cut off a clear view of the flat.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairThe case was fixed over the engine-shaft on two beams of timber from wall to wall.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickIt is like the eating of a smothered fire into rotten timber in that it is noiseless and without haste.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingThere was then a great deal of old timber about the place and a long avenue of oaks, besides three large cherry orchards.
Birds of Guernsey (1879) | Cecil Smith
British Dictionary definitions for timber
/ (ˈtɪmbə) /
wood, esp when regarded as a construction material: Usual US and Canadian word: lumber
(as modifier): a timber cottage
trees collectively
mainly US woodland
a piece of wood used in a structure
nautical a frame in a wooden vessel
potential material, for a post, rank, etc: he is managerial timber
(tr) to provide with timbers
a lumberjack's shouted warning when a tree is about to fall
Origin of timber
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