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English

Etymology

tymber from #Old English|timber

Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ˈtɪmbə(ɹ)/,
    • IPA: /ˈtɪːmˌbəː(ɹ)/,
    • , IPA: /ˈtɪmbɚ/,
    • IPA: /ˈtɪːmˌbɚː/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-timber.ogg
  • Hyphenation: tim·ber
  • Homophones: timbre


Noun

  1. tree|Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
  2. Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction. lumber.
  3. A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for things such as roof; also (historically) in the plural, as in ship's timbers.


Synonyms

  • (trees considered as a source of wood)
  • (wood that has been cut ready for construction): lumber, wood
  • (beam used to support a roof): beam, rafter


Translations

  • Armenian: անտառանյութ (antarranyut)
  • Dutch: kaphout
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|bois|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Holz|n}}
  • Icelandic: {{t+|is|viður|m}}, {{t+|is|timbur|n}}
  • Italian: {{t+|it|legno|m}}
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|木材|tr=mokuzai|sc=Jpan}}
  • Kurdish: {{t+|ku|dar|f}}
  • Malayalam: മരം (maram)
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|tømmer|n}}
  • Old English: {{t-|ang|timber|n|xs=Old English}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|trä|n}}
  • Telugu: కలప (kalapa)
  • Armenian: փայտանյութ (paytanyut)
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|hout|n}}
  • Finnish: ,
  • German: {{t+|de|Holz|n}}
  • Icelandic: {{t+|is|viður|m}}, {{t+|is|timbur|n}}
  • Italian: {{t+|it|legname|m}}
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|材木|tr=zaimoku|sc=Jpan}}
  • Dutch: dakbalk
  • Finnish:
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|梁|tr=hari|sc=Jpan}} (はり)
  • Kurdish: {{t|ku|karîte|m}}
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|takbjelke|m}}
  • Spanish: viga , polín

Derived terms


Interjection

timber!

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


Translations

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Old English

Etymology

Common Germanic *timram, whence also Old High German zimbar (German Zimmer), Old Norse timbr and Gothic ̹̼̰̈́͂̾̽ (timrjan) to build, derived from Proto-Indo-European *dem(H₂)-, build, house

Noun

timber

  1. timber#English|timber
  2. a building
  3. the act of building


Category:Old English nouns Category:Timber industry

fr:timber io:timber it:timber lo:timber hu:timber pl:timber ru:timber fi:timber ta:timber te:timber vi:timber zh:timber

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Timber \Tim"ber\, n. [F. timbre. See Timbre.] (Her.)
The crest on a coat of arms. [Written also timbre.]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Timber \Tim"ber\, v. t.
To surmount as a timber does. [Obs.]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Timber \Tim"ber\, n. [AS. timbor, timber, wood, building; akin
to OFries. timber, D. timmer a room, G. zimmer, OHG. zimbar
timber, a dwelling, room, Icel. timbr timber, Sw. timmer,
Dan. t["o]mmer, Goth. timrjan to build, timrja a builder, L.
domus a house, Gr. ? house, ? to build, Skr. dama a house.
[root]62. Cf. Dome, Domestic.]
1. 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. Lumber, 3.
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And ta'en my fiddle to the gate, . . .
And fiddled in the timber! --Tennyson.
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2. The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
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3. Fig.: Material for any structure.
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Such dispositions are the very errors of human
nature; and yet they are the fittest timber to make
politics of. --Bacon.
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4. A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for
building, or already framed; collectively, the larger
pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a
house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the
covering or boarding.
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So they prepared timber . . . to build the house.
--1 Kings v.
18.
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Many of the timbers were decayed. --W. Coxe.
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5. Woods or forest; wooden land. [Western U. S.]
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6. (Shipbuilding) A rib, or a curving piece of wood,
branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a
vertical direction. One timber is composed of several
pieces united.
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Timber and room. (Shipbuilding) Same as Room and space.
See under Room.

Timber beetle (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
beetles the larvae of which bore in timber; as, the silky
timber beetle (Lymexylon sericeum).

Timber doodle (Zool.), the American woodcock. [Local, U.
S.]

Timber grouse (Zool.), any species of grouse that inhabits
woods, as the ruffed grouse and spruce partridge; --
distinguished from prairie grouse.

Timber hitch (Naut.), a kind of hitch used for temporarily
marking fast a rope to a spar. See Illust. under Hitch.


Timber mare, a kind of instrument upon which soldiers were
formerly compelled to ride for punishment. --Johnson.

Timber scribe, a metal tool or pointed instrument for
marking timber. --Simmonds.

Timber sow. (Zool.) Same as Timber worm, below. --Bacon.

Timber tree, a tree suitable for timber.

Timber worm (Zool.), any larval insect which burrows in
timber.

Timber yard, a yard or place where timber is deposited.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Timber \Tim"ber\, n. [Probably the same word as timber sort of
wood; cf. Sw. timber, LG. timmer, MHG. zimber, G. zimmer, F.
timbre, LL. timbrium. Cf. Timmer.] (Com.)
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
timmer. [Written also timbre.]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Timber \Tim"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Timbered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Timbering.]
To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past
participle.
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His bark is stoutly timbered. --Shak.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Timber \Tim"ber\, v. i.
1. To light on a tree. [Obs.]
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2. (Falconry) To make a nest.
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WordNet timber
n 1: the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building
material [syn: lumber]
2: a beam made of wood
3: a post made of wood
4: land that is covered with trees and shrubs [syn: forest, woodland,
timberland]
5: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice
or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was
rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell
summoned them to meet" [syn: timbre, quality, tone]
Moby Dictionary
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


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