Definitions of Timber [ˈtɪm bər]

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Definition of 'Timber'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) timber
the wood of growing trees suitable for construction purposes.

2.  timber
growing trees themselves.

3.  timber
wooded land.

4.  timber
wood, esp. when adapted for various building purposes.

5.  timber
a single piece of wood forming part of a structure:
A timber fell from the roof.

6.  timber
(in a ship's frame) one of the curved pieces of wood that spring upward and outward from the keel; rib.

7.  timber
a person regarded as having exceptional qualifications:
He's presidential timber.

8. (v.t.) timber
to furnish or support with timber.

9. (v.i.) timber
to fell timber, esp. as an occupation.

10. (interj.) timber
(used as a lumberjack's call to warn others that a cut tree is about to fall.)

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME, OE: orig., house, building material, c. OFris

Definition of 'Timber'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) lumber, timber
the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

2. (noun) timber
a beam made of wood

3. (noun) timber
a post made of wood

4. (noun) forest, woodland, timberland, timber
land that is covered with trees and shrubs

5. (noun) timbre, timber, quality, tone
(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"

Definition of 'Timber'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) timber
trees grown for their wood
fast-growing timber

2. timber
lumber

Definition of 'Timber'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Timber
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

2. (noun) Timber
the crest on a coat of arms

3. (noun) Timber
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

4. (noun) Timber
the body, stem, or trunk of a tree

5. (noun) Timber
fig.: Material for any structure

6. (noun) Timber
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

7. (noun) Timber
woods or forest; wooden land

8. (noun) Timber
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

9. (verb) Timber
to surmount as a timber does

10. (verb) Timber
to furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle

11. (verb) Timber
to light on a tree

12. (verb) Timber
to make a nest

Translation of 'Timber'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: wood, especially for building This house is built of timber.
Afrikaans: hout	Arabic: خَشَب للبِناء	Bulgarian: дървен материал
Brazilian: madeira	Czech: stavební dříví	German: das Bauholz
Danish: træ	Greek: ξυλεία	Spanish: madera de construcción
Estonian: puit	Farsi: چوب	Finnish: puutavara
French: bois de construction	Hebrew: עֵץ לִבנִייָה	Hindi: इमारती लकडी़
Croatian: drvo, drvena građa	Hungarian: fa(anyag)	Indonesian: kayu
Icelandic: timbur	Italian: legname	Japanese: 材木
Korean: 삼림	Lithuanian: mediena	Latvian: koks; kokmateriāli
Malay: kayu	Dutch: hout	Norwegian: tømmer, trelast
Polish: drewno	Persian: چوب	Pashto: الوار، چارتراش، وېشه، بش:
Portuguese: madeira	Romanian: cherestea	Russian: древесина
Slovak: stavebné drevo	Slovenian: stavbni les	Serbian: drvo
Swedish: timmer, trä, virke	Thai: ต้นไม้ที่เติบโตในป่า (โดย	Turkish: kereste
Taiwanese: 木材	Ukrainian: лісоматеріал	Urdu: عمارت ميں استعمال کي لکڑي
Vietnamese: gỗ	Chinese: 木材
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