Dictionary
timber
Meaning
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- Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
- Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
- A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.
- Material for any structure.
- (informal) The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.
- A certain quantity of fur skins (as of martens, ermines, sables, etc.) packed between boards; in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty. Also timmer, timbre.
Hyphenated as
tim‧ber
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtɪmbə/
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