timber
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈtɪmbər/
:
terreno forestal
- Hedges are important as habitat for wildlife, sources of timber, fruit, and ingredients for food products.
- timber from forests
- timber lands
- timber plantations
We're going after oil and gas and, and the other economic, you know, like I, I think they have a lot of timber that they do and, and Russia as well.
- We're going after oil and gas and, and the other economic, you know, like I, I think they have a lot of timber that they do and, and Russia as well.
Examples
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Lower down on the mountains, timber covered the slopes and the sides of the valley.
Fiction book (1999) -
I'd sell off your timber land now while you can.
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So it's kind of a mainly a timber town and also lots of fishing.
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About 170 billion board feet of timber came over to the United States.
Academic text (1993) -
When those woodsmen come in from the timber, they want some excitement after a winter's work.
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During the past few years, radically accelerated timber cuts have taken place on private lands in the West.
Academic text (1990) -
Yet western states must act to regulate timber harvesting on private lands before sustainability can be achieved.
Academic text (1990) -
Generally speaking, there are prohibitions on grazing cattle, removing timber, and clearing land for cultivation in these areas.
Academic text (2011) -
Formed in 1986, the coalition includes ranchers, woodlot owners, timber industry representatives, environmentalists, and government land managers.
Academic text (1993) -
The vast forest was filled with towering trees, making it a prime area for timber production.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large area of land covered mostly with trees and bushes
835
1.0
An area with many trees where people can walk
150
1.0
An area of land covered with many trees and low plants
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2.6
Land with many trees and bushes, not a deep forest
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5.1
Land covered with trees used to make wood
2
3.8
A small area of land with trees often used to grow wood or shelter animals
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2.8
Land that has many trees or is kept to grow trees
A small area of trees in a garden with few plants under them
Compounds
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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
How Wooded
Surface Forms
Etymology
Timber also grew from the same idea of useful 'wood' and was used for land full of trees that could supply that wood. That's why timber can mean woodland or forest that is suitable for logging.