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timber (enc)

Timber

Noun1.timber - the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
stock - lumber used in the construction of something; "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter"
strip - thin piece of wood or metal
building material - material used for constructing buildings
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 wood
beam - 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 wood
post - 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 shrubs
biome - a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate
Black Forest, Schwarzwald - a hilly forest region in southwestern Germany
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"
rain forest, rainforest - a forest with heavy annual rainfall
riparian forest - woodlands along the banks of stream or river
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"
sound property - an attribute of sound
resonance - the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities
coloration, colouration, color, colour - the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
harshness, roughness - harsh or rough to the ear
mellowness, fullness, richness - the property of a sound that has a rich and pleasing timbre
nasality - a quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators
plangency, reverberance, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy, ringing, resonance - having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
shrillness, stridence, stridency - having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
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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