timber
/ˈtɪmbɚ/ noun B2- Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood. · collect timber· cut down 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.
- The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.
- The stumps.
Plural timbers
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“And when a child I often played with the son in the timber-yards.”
A Carpenter, with equal enthusiasm, proposed timber as a preferable method of defense.
“But for all that, it is the fault of this new-grown timber.
A splendid park with fine old timber surrounds the house, and the lake, to which my client had referred, lay close to the avenue, about two hundred yards from the building.
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