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timber

('t/I/mb/@/r )

the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material(noun.substance)

Synonym:
lumber

source: wordnet30
a beam made of wood(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
a post made of wood(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
land that is covered with trees and shrubs(noun.object)

Synonym:
forest, timberland, woodland

source: wordnet30
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
quality, timbre, tone

source: wordnet30
A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer.(noun)

source: webster1913
The crest on a coat of arms.(noun)

source: webster1913
That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3.(noun)

source: webster1913

To surmount as a timber does.(verb)

source: webster1913
To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.(verb)

source: webster1913
To light on a tree.(verb)

source: webster1913

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