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The definition of timber is building material or wood fit for building.

(noun)

An example of timber is redwood logs.

See timber in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. a building
2. 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

Origin: 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

interjection

used in a forest to signify that a cut tree is about to fall: a lumberman's warning shout

See timber in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. Trees or wooded land considered as a source of wood.
b. Wood used as a building material; lumber.
a. A dressed piece of wood, especially a beam in a structure.
b. Nautical A rib in a ship's frame.
A person considered to have qualities suited for a particular activity: That trainee is executive timber.