Timber

  • 21timber — /ˈtɪmbə / (say timbuh) noun 1. wood, especially when suitable for building houses, ships, etc., or for use in carpentry, joinery, etc. 2. the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses. 3. the trees themselves. 4. Chiefly US wooded land.… …

  • 22timber — n. 1 wood prepared for building, carpentry, etc. 2 a piece of wood or beam, esp. as the rib of a vessel. 3 large standing trees suitable for timber; woods or forest. 4 (esp. as int.) a warning cry that a tree is about to fall. Phrases and idioms …

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  • 23timber — I. noun Etymology: 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 Date: before 12th century 1. a. growing trees or their wood b. used… …

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  • 24timber — Synonyms and related words: afforestation, arboretum, balk, bare pole, beam, beams, billet, board, boarding, boards, boondocks, bush, bushveld, character, chase, clapboard, climax forest, cloud forest, conifer, cord, cordwood, deal, dendrology,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 25timber — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. wood, lumber, log, beam; forest, woodland, stand of timber, timberland. See materials. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Standing trees] Syn. wood, lumber, timberland, wood lot, grove, standing timber, virgin… …

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  • 26Timber — 1Tim|ber der od. das; <aus gleichbed. engl. timber> engl. Zählmaß für Rauchwaren (40 Stück) Timber 2 2Tim|ber der; s, <aus fr. timbre, vgl. ↑Timbre> (veraltet) svw. ↑Timbre …

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  • 27timber — n. 1) to float, raft timber (down a river) 2) seasoned; unseasoned timber …

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  • 28timber — [OE] Timber originally denoted a ‘building’ – the Lindisfarne Gospels of around 950 translated Mark 13:1 (‘See what manner of stones and what buildings are here’) as ‘See what stones and what timber’. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic *timram …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 29Timber — Sp Timbra Ap Головинский канал/Golovinskiy Kanal rusiškai Sp ofic. Golòvino kanãlas Ap Timber vokiškai Ap Timber Kanal vokiškai L u. RF Kaliningrado sr …

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  • 30timber — A word of varied meanings, the meaning in a particular case to be ascertained from the entire context of the contract. 34 Am J1st Logs § 2. Standing trees. 34 Am J1st Logs § 2. Lumber, such as beams, rafters, planks, and other boards sawed from… …

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