Other Definitions timber (enc)
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Timber| Noun | 1. | timber - the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building materialstock - lumber used in the construction of something; "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter" strip - thin piece of wood or metal wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees plank, board - a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes planking - planks collectively; a quantity of planks | | | 2. | timber - a beam made of woodbeam - long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction coulisse - a timber member grooved to take a sliding panel sternpost - (nautical) the principal upright timber at the stern of a vessel stringer - a long horizontal timber to connect uprights two-by-four - a timber measuring (slightly under) 2 inches by 4 inches in cross section | | | 3. | timber - a post made of woodpost - an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position; "he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them" | | | 4. | timber - land that is covered with trees and shrubsbiome - a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate greenwood - woodlands in full leaf; "the greenwood was Robin Hood's home" jungle - an impenetrable equatorial forest dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, land, earth - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" Sherwood Forest - an ancient forest in central England; formerly a royal hunting ground; said to be the home of Robin Hood and his merry band silva, sylva - the forest trees growing in a country or region tree farm - a forest (or part of a forest) where trees are grown for commercial use | | | 5. | timber - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"resonance - the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities nasality - a quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators register - (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner | |
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