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as in forests
a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area
upon our approach the deer disappeared back into the timber from whence it had come
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Recent Examples of timbers
The houses look German with their mahogany timbers, each window framed by shutters and a little planter of blooming flowers.
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R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
Shiver me timbers and blow me down.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
Jeremy Borrelli, a staff archaeologist for ECU's maritime studies program, told Fox News Digital the team recovered 63 wooden shipwreck timbers – 47 of which are believed to be part of La Fortuna, a Spanish privateer ship from Cuba.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Think warm, matte timbers and intricate, decorative glass.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2025
Many were killed instantly by the explosion, fire, falling timbers, shrapnel and searing steam from the boilers, and many by drowning.
—arkansasonline.com, 28 Dec. 2024
From across France, itinerant glassblowers, masons and carpenters — hewers, who squared the timbers, joiners, who fit beams together — converged on Paris.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
The wreck is mostly covered by coral, but Castro and other divers have been able to excavate timbers from the ship’s hull and frame by digging trenches.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
The Collegeville outfit came with the mask of a scowling pirate with an open eye-patch that looked more like a black eye and a sickly green pallor that would shiver the timbers of the saltiest sea dog.
—René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
Shiver me timbers and blow me down.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
Jeremy Borrelli, a staff archaeologist for ECU's maritime studies program, told Fox News Digital the team recovered 63 wooden shipwreck timbers – 47 of which are believed to be part of La Fortuna, a Spanish privateer ship from Cuba.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Think warm, matte timbers and intricate, decorative glass.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2025
Many were killed instantly by the explosion, fire, falling timbers, shrapnel and searing steam from the boilers, and many by drowning.
—arkansasonline.com, 28 Dec. 2024
From across France, itinerant glassblowers, masons and carpenters — hewers, who squared the timbers, joiners, who fit beams together — converged on Paris.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
The wreck is mostly covered by coral, but Castro and other divers have been able to excavate timbers from the ship’s hull and frame by digging trenches.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
The Collegeville outfit came with the mask of a scowling pirate with an open eye-patch that looked more like a black eye and a sickly green pallor that would shiver the timbers of the saltiest sea dog.
—René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for timbers
Noun
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As the population increased, apartments, shopping centers, offices and warehouses replaced many of the orange groves and forests that once surrounded Orlando.—
Gisela Salomon,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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From the forests of Tanzania to the streets of Hollywood, tributes have poured in for Jane Goodall, after the global conservation icon died on Wednesday morning at age 91.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The White House later said Trump had signed a proclamation that imposes a 10 percent global tariff on imports of softwood lumber.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Trump for months has been criticizing America’s northern neighbor for its significant lumber exports to the United States.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But, with the new seasons, hunters are able to get into the woods for grouse after the leaves fall.—
Worth Matthewson,
Outdoor Life,
2 Oct. 2025
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Twenty years prior to the present day of the movie, Ray Stoker (Day-Lewis) abandoned his family to live off the grid in a hut in the woods after a scarring incident during the conflict, which pitted Catholics against Protestants within Northern Ireland, and union loyalists against republicans.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Timbers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/timbers. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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