Sekirov Dictionary

timber

UK /ˈtɪmbə/US /ˈtɪmbɚ/

noun 7
verb 5
exclamation 2
forms 4
phrases 1

noun7

Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
Material for any structure.
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Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
- Soon, he convinced his uncle to show him how to harvest ash, the local timber that—cut, hauled, sliced, and hand-pounded into thin strips—is typically used. — 2026
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.
(slang) The stumps.
(informal) The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.
(no longer used) A certain quantity of fur skins (as of martens, ermines, sables, etc.) packed between boards; in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty. Also timmer, timbre.

verb5

To fit with timbers.
To surmount as a timber does.
To light or land on a tree.
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(no longer used) To construct, frame, build.
- For many heads that undertake [learning], were never squared nor timbred for it. — 1646
(no longer used) To make a nest.

exclamation2

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Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.
- From the core of the trunk come explosive cracks sounding like rifle-fire. The top of the tree begins swaying drunkenly, as if struggling to keep on its feet. The warning cry "Timber!" — 1961
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A cry used when anything is falling over.
- The cameras caught the big man crashing to the studio floor. It seemed to take an age for Sticks to hit the deck and as he went down we all chorused "Timberrrr!" — 1991

forms

timbered · timbering · timbers · lumbers

Phrases with timber

put some timber on
To put on weight; to become more heavy or obese.

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