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| tim·ber [ tímbər ] |
noun (plural tim·bers) |
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1. growing trees: standing trees or their wood, especially when suitable for sawing into building materials
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2. wooded land: land covered with trees
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Same as lumber1n (sense 1)
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4. construction large wooden building support: a large piece of wood, usually squared, used in a building, e.g. as a beam
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5. shipping part of ship's framework: a large piece of wood used in the framework of a wooden ship
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6. somebody as suitable material for position: somebody with the right qualities for a position
  She's definitely congressional timber.
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adjective |
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made of timbers: constructed of timbers
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interjection |
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warning of falling tree: used by a lumberjack to warn others that a tree has been cut and is about to fall
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transitive verb (past and past participle tim·bered, present participle tim·ber·ing, 3rd person present singular tim·bers) |
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provide with timbers: to build, cover, or support something with timbers
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| [ Old English, "a building" < Indo-European, "build"] |
