Definitions for timber
ˈtɪm bərtim·ber

Princeton's WordNet(4.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. lumber, timber(noun)

   the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

2. timber(noun)

   a beam made of wood

3. timber(noun)

   a post made of wood

4. forest, woodland, timberland, timber(noun)

   land that is covered with trees and shrubs

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

   (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"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. timber(Noun)

   Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.

   Etymology: tymber, from timber, from timran, from demh₂- (see dṓm). Cognates include Old High German zimbar (German Zimmer), Old Norse timbr, Gothic
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2. timber(Noun)

   Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.

   Etymology: tymber, from timber, from timran, from demh₂- (see dṓm). Cognates include Old High German zimbar (German Zimmer), Old Norse timbr, Gothic
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3. timber(Noun)

   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".

   Etymology: tymber, from timber, from timran, from demh₂- (see dṓm). Cognates include Old High German zimbar (German Zimmer), Old Norse timbr, Gothic
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4. timber(Interjection)

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

   Etymology: tymber, from timber, from timran, from demh₂- (see dṓm). Cognates include Old High German zimbar (German Zimmer), Old Norse timbr, Gothic
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Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Timber(noun)

   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. Timber(noun)

   the crest on a coat of arms

3. Timber(verb)

   to surmount as a timber does

4. Timber(noun)

   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

5. Timber(noun)

   the body, stem, or trunk of a tree

6. Timber(noun)

   fig.: Material for any structure

7. Timber(noun)

   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

8. Timber(noun)

   woods or forest; wooden land

9. Timber(noun)

   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

10. Timber(verb)

    to furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle

11. Timber(verb)

    to light on a tree

12. Timber(verb)

    to make a nest

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Timber

   tim′bėr, n. wood for building purposes: the trunk of a tree: material for any structure: one of the larger pieces of the framework of a house, ship, &c.: one of the planks forming the sides and roof of a gallery in a mine.—v.t. to furnish with timber or beams.—p.adj. Tim′bered, furnished with timber: (Shak.) built, formed, contrived: (Spens.) made like timber, massive.—ns. Tim′bering, timber materials; Tim′ber-man, one responsible for the timbers in a mine; Tim′ber-toes, a person with a wooden leg; Tim′ber-tree, a tree suitable for timber; Tim′ber-yard, a yard or place where timber is stored. [A.S. timber, building, wood; Ger. zimmer, an apartment.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. timber

   [Anglo-Saxon]. All large pieces of wood used in ship-building, as floor-timbers, cross-pieces, futtocks, frames, and the like (all which see).

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. timber

   In heraldry, a rank or row, as of ermine, in a nobleman’s coat; also a crest. This word is also written timbre.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'timber' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4147

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'timber' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3680

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'timber' in Nouns Frequency: #1537

Anagrams for timber »

1. timbre

How to pronounce timber?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of timber in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of timber in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of timber in a Sentence

1. Govind Bisht:

   These trees, such as oak, rhododendron and the kharsu (an endemic species), are primarily responsible for groundwater recharging, but they are fast vanishing, being cut, whether for timber or for so-called 'developmental works' such as roads or tourist resorts.

2. Oliver Wendell Holmes:

   Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned.

3. Don Shomette:

   Within a year we had a million men building ships, cutting the timber, mining the iron for them, building the machinery for them. At one point we became the greatest shipbuilding nation in the history of the world, we had to create from nothing a shipping industry that was going to build a thousand wooden ships in 18 months -- normally it would take a year and a half to build a wooden steam ship.

4. Govind Bisht:

   These trees, such as oak, rhododendron and the kharsu (an endemic species), are primarily responsible for groundwater recharging, but they are fast vanishing, being cut, whether for timber or for so-called ‘developmental works’ such as roads or tourist resorts.

5. Immanuel Kant:

   From timber so crooked as that from which man is carved, nothing entirely straight can be made.

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