timber
Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
Noun 4 meanings
Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
“collect timber”
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.
“the timbers of a ship”
Material for any structure.
Interjection 2 meanings
Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.
A cry used when anything is falling over.
Verb 3 meanings
To fit with timbers.
“timbering a roof”
To light or land on a tree.
To surmount as a timber does.
Etymology
From Middle English tymber, from Old English timber, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą (“building; timber”), from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build; to arrange”) (see Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“home, house”)).
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TIMBER at a glance
TIMBER has 6 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (T 1 + I 1 + M 3 + B 3 + E 1 + R 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,963 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with timber
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- LIMBER10
- TAMBER10
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