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timber::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | forest, timberland, woodland |
| Type of | earth, solid ground, biome, terra firma, ground, land, dry land |
| Has types | greenwood, riparian forest, silva, sylva, tree farm |
timber::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | quality, timbre, tone |
| Type of | sound property |
| Has types | ringing, shrillness, vibrancy, coloration, sonority, sonorousness, color, nasality, colour, register, resonance, reverberance, stridence, stridency, harmonic, colouration, plangency |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | beam |
| Has types | stringer, coulisse, sternpost, two-by-four |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | post |
Examples of timber
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The quarterly decline was led by paper, timber and chemical production, it said.
From the bloomberg.com
In this case it is gold, but it could equally be timber, foodstuffs, cotton etc.
From the guardian.co.uk
Timber Creek Greens fully recovered from August punching, good to go for winter.
From the sacbee.com
Cameroon's timber industry has been hardest hit by the global economic slowdown.
From the voanews.com
Richard Standeven joined the team from Temple-Inland, a large US timber company.
From the hemscott.com
As a result, many landowners who raised oak, hickory or other timber lost trees.
From the tennessean.com
She said the contractor had the timber processed and collected the money for it.
From the thenewstribune.com
It was porcupines, considered pests in timber country because they girdle trees.
From the thenewstribune.com
The Rose needs funds to stabilise the marshy soil and preserve the timber parts.
From the independent.co.uk
- Lumber: the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
- A beam made of wood
- Forest: land that is covered with trees and shrubs
- Timbre: (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"
- (timbered) furnished with or made of wood or timbers; "timbered walls"
- Lumber or timber is wood that is used in any of its stages from felling through readiness for use as structural material for construction, or wood pulp for paper production. (The distinction between the two terms is discussed below.)
- Timber is a 1941 animated short film, featuring Donald Duck and Peg-Leg Pete.
- Timber is an arcade game that was manufactured by Midway Games in 1984. The object of the game is to amass points by chopping down trees or by balancing atop a floating, rotating log.
- Timber (dates unknown) was an English professional cricketer who made 10 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1792 to 1795.
