timber
(outside, North America, uncountable) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
Seen in the wild
The new or expanded tax breaks include hundreds of millions of dollars to benefit the timber and forestry industries, private school scholarship programs and other interests. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
Nothing - trees often have burls like this, but they're rarely this large. It isn't anything harmful for the tree, except perhaps an increased risk of getting cut down by a timber thief (burls often have very decorati…
Characterization of the Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Castanopsis tibetana Hance: A Precious Timber Species https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42074548/
I once had a dogboy. I wanted to play with him but he wanted me to abuse him. I did not want to abuse him so he ran away. So now I wear sporty spandex and play denial games. More from the Timber Collection:
Forest Service says timber project's impacts to endangered species minimal ->Daily Inter Lake | More on "Timber project endangered species impacts" at BigEarthData.ai | #EndangeredSpecies #Forest #Biodiversity #Extinc…
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(outside, North America, uncountable) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
the timbers of a ship
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(countable) 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
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(uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
the timbers of a ship
"timber" means: Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"timber" means: Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“The new or expanded tax breaks include hundreds of millions of dollars to benefit the timber and forestry industries, private school scholarship programs and other interests. www.ajc.com/politics/202...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Nothing - trees often have burls like this, but they're rarely this large. It isn't anything harmful for the tree, except perhaps an increased risk of getting cut down by a timber thief (burls often have very decorative wood grain so are in demand by cabinet makers).”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Characterization of the Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Castanopsis tibetana Hance: A Precious Timber Species https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42074548/”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I once had a dogboy. I wanted to play with him but he wanted me to abuse him. I did not want to abuse him so he ran away. So now I wear sporty spandex and play denial games. More from the Timber Collection:”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Forest Service says timber project's impacts to endangered species minimal ->Daily Inter Lake | More on "Timber project endangered species impacts" at BigEarthData.ai | #EndangeredSpecies #Forest #Biodiversity #Extinction”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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- lumber74%
(North America) Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material.
- lumberwood72%
(North America, mostly, in the plural) A forest from which wood is cut.
- hardwood63%
(countable) (in more general use) As the preceding, but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness.