timber
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1.6
- noun
- /ˈtɪmbər/
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madera
- The ancient church was constructed from sturdy oak timber that has lasted for centuries.
- timber for construction
- sustainable timber
- timber industry
And then these nails were used in ships and furniture, in big timber buildings and so on.
- And then these nails were used in ships and furniture, in big timber buildings and so on.
- The planet is the whole tree, as Emerson might say, and not just sticks of timber.
- I heard a lot of comments of people being being disappointed that we won't see the half timber frame when the house is done.
- We know that they traded timber and furs and and grain and wax and honey for for iron products.
- Ain't no black people in the fucking timber industry.
- So, you know, I did not chop any timber.
Examples
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Birch looked at the support timbers holding tons of earth and sandbags in place.
Fiction book (1992) -
Other important resources which were needed in England were timber, iron and meat.
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So these are some of the different ways in which timber is being brought into kind of the modern way of design.
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And they were talking about this, this problem there was with timber imported from the White Sea region.
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And then these nails were used in ships and furniture, in big timber buildings and so on.
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They had a huge timber resources.
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Grand Papa Cecil had built it himself, from the timber he got from the clearing.
Fiction book (1993) -
However, for decades, wood residues from primary timber processing facilities have been made into usable products.
Academic text (1999) -
When the ship was finally retired, Queen Victoria had two desks made from its timbers.
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They say, judging from the timbers, the house was built in the '20s or '30s.
Synonyms
Compounds
1
8.1
A large poisonous snake with a rattling tail that lives in eastern United States forests
- Specialized
A building with exposed wooden beams and spaces filled with plaster or brick
- Specialized
A high place on a mountain above which trees cannot grow because it is too cold
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Etymology
Timber comes from Old English timber, which meant 'building' or the 'wood for a building'. So timber now means wood cut and prepared for use in building, especially as beams or posts.