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Definition of timber noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

timber

noun
 
 
/ˈtɪmbə(r)/
 
/ˈtɪmbər/
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  1.  
    [uncountable] trees that are grown to be used in building or for making things
    • the timber industry
    Topics Plants and treesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + timber
    • cut
    • fell
    • harvest
    • …
    timber + noun
    • company
    • industry
    • production
    • …
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  2.  
    [uncountable] (especially British English)
    (also lumber especially in North American English)
    wood that is prepared for use in building, etc.
    • houses built of timber
    • a solid timber door
    Topics Buildingsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • heavy
    • solid
    • rough
    • …
    … of timber
    • length
    • piece
    verb + timber
    • dress
    • season
    • treat
    • …
    timber + verb
    • decay
    • rot
    timber + noun
    • product
    • merchant
    • yard
    • …
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  3. [countable, usually plural] a long heavy piece of wood used in building a house or ship
    • roof timbers
    • The house has exposed oak timbers.
    Topics Transport by waterc2, Buildingsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • heavy
    • exposed
    • roof
    • …
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  4. Timber!
     used to warn people that a tree that has been cut is about to fall
    5. Word OriginOld English in the sense ‘a building’, also ‘building material’, of Germanic origin; related to German Zimmer ‘room’, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘build’.
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