English dictionary
timber
nounPronunciation
/ˈtɪmbə/
/ˈtɪmbɚ/
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
- (outside North America) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
- 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.
- Material for any structure.
- The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.
- 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.
verb
- To fit with timbers.
- To construct, frame, build.
- To light or land on a tree.
- To make a nest.
- To surmount as a timber does.
interjection
- Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.
Example sentences
the timbers of a ship
timbering a roof