timber Definition
tim·ber (tim′bər)
noun
- a building
- building material
- wood suitable for building houses, ships, etc., whether cut or still in the form of trees
- a large, heavy, dressed piece of wood used in building; beam
- Brit. lumber ()
- trees or forests collectively
- personal quality or character a man of his timber
- Shipbuilding a wooden rib
Etymology: ME < OE, akin to Ger zimmer, room (< OHG zimbar, wooden structure) < IE base *dem-, *dema-, to join together, build > L domus, house
transitive verb
to provide, build, or prop up with timbers
intransitive verb
to work at cutting down timber
adjective
of or for timber
used in a forest to signify that a cut tree is about to fall: a lumberman's warning shout
timber Synonyms
timber
n.
timber Usage Examples
Converse of object
- expose: The Entrance Hall features a tiled floor, natural stone piers and exposed timber beams, supporting a viewing gallery above.
- saw: The Indonesian experience shows that moving from sawn timber to finished wood products is a slow process.
- frame: The funding will be used to:- Replace the existing windows with new timber framed, double glazed windows.
- reclaim: The workers produce wooden garden and wildlife products all from reclaimed timber, which would otherwise have gone to land fill or burnt.
Adjective modifier
- exposed: GROUND FLOOR LEVEL: Storm Porch: Enclosed Entrance Porch With quarry tiled floor, feature brick walling, exposed timbers.
- rotten: Low Priority Paint steel roof purlins, replace rotten timbers within the purlin angle sections.
- certified: Bridgman also produces a range of furniture made from fully certified timber, endorsed by the FSC.
- tropical: Japanese forests have been largely protected, while the Japanese remain heavy buyers of tropical timber.
- structural: Julian thinks his structural timbers were probably from managed Baltic forests.
Modifies a noun
- framing: Buildings in general, those that are constructed using the timber framing technique are also subject to Building Regulations.
- frame: Walls ~ The timber frames are clad with Western Red Cedar sourced directly from the forests of British Columbia.
- merchant: Timber fire door merchants also did well with a net 37 % selling more fire doors than the previous three months.
- joist: In the case of a timber joist floor the floor joists should be tied to the walls by means of steel ties.
- cladding: Outdoor uses such as timber cladding of buildings, fencing, etc. Yellow cedar A pale yellow colored softwood with a fine even texture.
- yard: Where the timber yard was is where the canal first branched off into the river.
Noun used with modifier
- FSC: It has worked with suppliers to secure sources of Swedish FSC timber - - the first of its kind in the world.
- hardwood: A simple hardwood timber walkway spans the water, connecting the entrance with an oval of site salvaged slate defining the public/private transition point.
- softwood: Field Shelters Sturdy shelters constructed from top quality softwood timber and treated to withstand the most severe weather conditions.
- oak: The largest number of substantial oak timbers at Oakbank was considered to be 40 piles representing a gangway leading to the shore.
- roof: Steel work replaces some of the old roof timbers.
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