open-timbered

[ oh-puhn-tim-berd ]

/ ˈoʊ pənˈtɪm bərd /

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adjective (of a roof, ceiling, etc.)

constructed so that the timbers are exposed.

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How to use open-timbered in a sentence

When it became too crowded, they moved her into an open casket on the street.
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Now it can't open on my phone due to what appears to be software incompatibility.
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Some of them would open up deep splits in core Democratic constituencies.
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And of course, Rod, being Rod, goes for it a hundred percent; his mouth drops open and he says, ‘What?’
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Open-carry activists are known for baiting cops into on-camera arguments about the Second Amendment and state laws.
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Let them open their minds to us, let them put upon permanent record the significance of all their intrigues and manœuvres.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The doors (Indian bungalows have hardly any windows, each door being half glass) were open front and back.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
It was close upon twelve o'clock, and the "Rooms" had been open to the public for two hours.
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Worst danger zone, the open sea, now traversed, but on land not yet out of the wood.
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To think,” said the younger Englishwoman to her sister, “of this wee mite travelling about in an open motor!
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