timber

Definitions

1. 1noun

   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.

2. 2noun

   The crest on a coat of arms.

3. 3transitive verb

   To surmount as a timber does.

4. 4noun

   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.

5. 5noun

   The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.

6. 6noun

   Fig.: Material for any structure.

7. 7noun

   A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding.

8. 8noun

   Woods or forest; wooden land.

9. 9noun

   A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united.

10. 10transitive verb

    To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.

11. 11intransitive verb

    To light on a tree.

12. 12intransitive verb

    To make a nest.

13. 13noun

    a beam made of wood

14. 14noun

    a post made of wood

15. 15noun

    (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"

    Synonyms

    qualitytimbretone
16. 16noun

    land that is covered with trees and shrubs

    Synonyms

    foresttimberlandwoodland
17. 17noun

    the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

    Synonyms

    lumber