Timber

  • 31timber — [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 …

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  • 32Timber — Tịm|ber, der od. das; [engl. timber]: englisches Zählmaß für Rauchwaren (40 Stück) …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 33timber — See timber, timbre …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 34timber — n (timbres/ ) timber, building material; act of building; building, structure; trees, woods …

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  • 35timber — tim|ber1 [ tımbər ] noun 1. ) uncount trees used for producing wood 2. ) uncount wood used for building houses or making furniture: LUMBER a ) count a piece of wood used for building timber tim|ber 2 [ ,tım bɜr ] interjection a warning shouted to …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 36timber — noun 1》 wood prepared for use in building and carpentry.     ↘trees grown for such wood.     ↘a wooden beam or board used in building and shipbuilding. 2》 US informal suitable quality or character: she is hailed as presidential timber.… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 37timber — noun 1 (U) especially BrE wood used for building or making things, or the trees that produce this wood; lumber 2 (2) AmE 2 (C) a wooden beam, especially one that forms part of the main structure of a house 3 timber! spoken used to warn people… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 38timber — noun some eighty acres of marketable timber expertly milled timbers Syn: wood, lumber, logs; trees, sawlogs; hardwood, softwood; beam, spar, plank, batten, lath, board, joist, rafter …

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  • 39timber — noun 1) houses built of timber Syn: wood; N.Amer. lumber 2) the timbers of wrecked ships Syn: beam, spar, plank, batten, lath, board, joist, rafter …

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  • 40timber — rąstas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Nukirstas ir nugenėtas medis. atitikmenys: angl. balk; log; timber vok. Balken, m rus. бревно, n …

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