English dictionary
timber
/'t/I/mb/@/r/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
Synonyms lumberSource: WordNet 3.0
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a beam made of wood
Source: WordNet 3.0
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a post made of wood
Source: WordNet 3.0
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land that is covered with trees and shrubs
Source: WordNet 3.0
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(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
Source: WordNet 3.0
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A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also <i>timmer</i>.
Source: webster1913
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The crest on a coat of arms.
Source: webster1913
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That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. <u>Lumber</u>, 3.
Source: webster1913
verb
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To surmount as a timber does.
Source: webster1913
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To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
Source: webster1913
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To light on a tree.
Source: webster1913