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timber
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44 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. timber
  2. timbre
  3. timber and room
  4. timber bar
  5. timber beetle
  6. timber borer
  7. timber connector
  8. timber cruiser
  9. timber forest
  10. timber grapple
  11. timber grouse
  12. timber hitch
  13. timber jumper
  14. timber mill
  15. timber mining
  16. timber rattlesnake
  17. timber right
  18. timber rot
  19. timber scribe
  20. timber toe
  21. timber-topper
  22. timber wolf
  23. timber worm
  24. bed timber
  25. bog timber
  26. bollard timber
  27. bond timber
  28. cant timber
  29. chain timber
  30. counter timber

1tim·ber

noun \ˈtim-bər\

Definition of TIMBER

1
a : growing trees or their wood
b —used interjectionally to warn of a falling tree
2
: wood suitable for building or for carpentry
3
: material, stuff; especially : a person or type of person qualified for a particular position or status <managerial timber>
4
a : a large squared or dressed piece of wood ready for use or forming part of a structure
b British : lumber 2a
c : a curving frame branching outward from the keel of a ship and bending upward in a vertical direction that is usually composed of several pieces united : rib
— timber adjective
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Examples of TIMBER

  1. <upon our approach the deer disappeared back into the timber from whence it had come>
  2. <needed a new load of timber to finish building the house>

Origin of TIMBER

Middle English, from Old English, building, wood; akin to Old High German zimbar wood, room, Greek demein to build, domos course of stones or bricks
First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to TIMBER

Synonyms
forestland, forest, timberland, wood(s), woodland

Rhymes with TIMBER

limber

2timber

transitive verb
tim·beredtim·ber·ing \-b(ə-)riŋ\

Definition of TIMBER

: to frame, cover, or support with timbers

First Known Use of TIMBER

before 12th century

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