Timber

Definitions

1. Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
   uncountable
2. Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
   US, uncountable
3. 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.
   countable
4. Material for any structure.
   countable, uncountable
5. The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.
   countable, informal, uncountable
6. 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.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
7. The stumps.
   countable, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“collect⟳ timber”

“cut⟳ down timber”

“the timbers of a ship”

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