Timber

Quick meaning: Timber is a noun meaning (uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.

Meaning

(uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.

More Meanings

1. (outside Canada, US, uncountable) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
2. Material for any structure.
3. (firearms, informal) The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.
4. (cricket, slang) The stumps.
5. Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.
6. (countable) 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.
7. (archaic) A certain quantity of fur skins (as of martens, ermines, sables, etc.) packed between boards; in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty. Also timmer, timbre.

Example Sentences

collect timber

cut down timber

timbering a roof

the timbers of a ship

Word Forms

• timbers
• timbering
• timbered

Synonyms for timber

Depending on context, synonyms include timberland, forest, lumber, wood, beam, rafter.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include woodland, forest, timberland, lumber, quality, tone.

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