Timber

Noun

 * 1)  Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
 * 2)  Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
 * 3)  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.  Historically also used in the plural, as in "ship's timbers".

Synonyms

 * timberland, forest
 * lumber, wood
 * beam, rafter

Interjection
timber!


 * 1) Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.

Adjectives for Timber
shaky; massive; long-used; slashed; marketable; reverberating; rotten; superb; fring; graceful; useful.

Verbs for Timber
avail oneself of—; blast—; conserve—; debark—; fell—; knot—; level—; market—; preserve—; process—; provide—; raze—; reinforce—; strip of—; treat—; value—; —decays; —erodes; —jams; —rots.

Thesaurus
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, driftwood, evergreen, firewood, forest, forest land, forest preserve, forestry, fringing forest, fruit tree, gallery forest, girder, greenwood, hanger, hardwood, hardwood tree, index forest, jungle, jungles, lath, lathing, lathwork, log, lumber, mast, material, national forest, palmetto barrens, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, park, park forest, pine barrens, plank, planking, planks, plyboard, plywood, pole, pollard, post, potential, primeval forest, prospect, protection forest, puncheon, quality, rafter, rain forest, reforestation, sapling, scrub, scrubland, seedling, selection forest, shade tree, shake, sheathing, sheathing board, sheeting, shingle, shrubland, sideboard, siding, silviculture, slab, slat, softwood, softwood tree, spar, splat, sprout forest, stand of timber, state forest, stave, stick, stick of wood, stovewood, stuff, talent, three-by-four, timber tree, timbering, timberland, timberwork, tree, tree veld, two-by-four, virgin forest, weald, weatherboard, wildwood, wood, woodland, woods

Etymology
tymber: < timber: <  <  (see ). Cognates include Old High German zimbar: (German Zimmer:), Old Norse timbr:, Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽:, and Latin domus:.

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: timbre
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Noun

 * Armenian: անտառանյութ, փայտանյութ
 * Dutch: kaphout, hout
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 입목


 * Kurdish:
 * Malayalam: മരം (maram)
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English:
 * Polish:
 * Russian: лес на корню
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: కలప (kalapa)
 * Turkish:


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:, շինափայտ, փայտանյութ, փայտեղեն
 * Chinese: 木料 (mùliào), 木材 (mùcái)
 * Dutch:, timmerhout
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: bois de charpente
 * German:, Bauholz
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 재목
 * Kurdish:


 * Luhya:
 * Malayalam: മരം (maram)
 * Meru:
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: пиломатериалы
 * Scottish Gaelic: fiodh
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, timmer
 * Telugu: కలప (kalapa)
 * Turkish:


 * Armenian: գերան, հեծան
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: dakbalk, balk
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek:
 * Japanese: (はり)
 * Korean: 들보


 * Kurdish: karîte
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: балка
 * Spanish: viga, polín
 * Swahili:

Derived terms

 * half-timbered
 * shiver me timbers
 * timbered
 * timberland
 * timberline
 * timber wolf
 * timberyard

Interjection

 * Dutch: onderuit!
 * Finnish: puu kaatuu!
 * French: gare!, attention!
 * Hungarian: dől a fa
 * Icelandic: timbur!


 * Portuguese: madeira!
 * Spanish: Fuera Abajo!
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: timmer!

Anagrams

 * timbre

Noun

 * 1) timber
 * 2) a building
 * 3) the act of building

Etymology
From from  (see ). Cognates include Old High German zimbar: (German Zimmer:), Old Norse timbr:, Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽:, and Latin domus:.