timber

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈtɪmbə/ or [ˈtɪˑmˌbəː]
• (US) enPR: tĭmʹbər, IPA ^(key): /ˈtɪmbɚ/ or [ˈtɪˑmˌbɚː]

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• Hyphenation: tim‧ber

Noun

Singular timber

Plural timbers

1. Timber is trees and forests used as a source of wood.

   They walked into the tall timber to find a place to camp.

2. Timber is wood used for building.
   • Synonym: lumber

   He went to the timber yard to buy the wood for his house.

3. Timber is a piece of wood used in building.

   She carefully chose a timber that had an interesting pattern.

4. Timber is wood used as a frame in building ships.

   During the battle he could feel the ship's timbers shiver.

Verb

Plain form timber

Third-person singular timbers

Past tense timbered

Past participle timbered

Present participle timbering

1. (transitive) To timber is to use wood as a support or frame.

   The miners had to timber the shaft in the gold mine to make it safe.