[syn: timbre, timber, quality, tone]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Timber \Tim"ber\, n. [Probably the same word as timber sort of
wood; cf. Sw. timber, LG. timmer, MHG. zimber, G. zimmer, F.
timbre, LL. timbrium. Cf. Timmer.] (Com.)
A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines,
sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases
forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also
timmer. [Written also timbre.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Timber \Tim"ber\, n. [F. timbre. See Timbre.] (Her.)
The crest on a coat of arms. [Written also timbre.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Timber \Tim"ber\, v. t.
To surmount as a timber does. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Timber \Tim"ber\, n. [AS. timbor, timber, wood, building; akin
to OFries. timber, D. timmer a room, G. zimmer, OHG. zimbar
timber, a dwelling, room, Icel. timbr timber, Sw. timmer,
Dan. t["o]mmer, Goth. timrjan to build, timrja a builder, L.
domus a house, Gr. ? house, ? to build, Skr. dama a house.
[root]62. Cf. Dome, Domestic.]
1. That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for
tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and
the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes
of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3.
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And ta'en my fiddle to the gate, . . .
And fiddled in the timber! --Tennyson.
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2. The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
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3. Fig.: Material for any structure.
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Such dispositions are the very errors of human
nature; and yet they are the fittest timber to make
politics of. --Bacon.
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4. A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for
building, or already framed; collectively, the larger
pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a
house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the
covering or boarding.
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So they prepared timber . . . to build the house.
--1 Kings v.
18.
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Many of the timbers were decayed. --W. Coxe.
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5. Woods or forest; wooden land. [Western U. S.]
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6. (Shipbuilding) A rib, or a curving piece of wood,
branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a
vertical direction. One timber is composed of several
pieces united.
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Timber and room. (Shipbuilding) Same as Room and space.
See under Room.
Timber beetle (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
beetles the larvae of which bore in timber; as, the silky
timber beetle (Lymexylon sericeum).
Timber doodle (Zool.), the American woodcock. [Local, U.
S.]
Timber grouse (Zool.), any species of grouse that inhabits
woods, as the ruffed grouse and spruce partridge; --
distinguished from prairie grouse.
Timber hitch (Naut.), a kind of hitch used for temporarily
marking fast a rope to a spar. See Illust. under Hitch.
Timber mare, a kind of instrument upon which soldiers were
formerly compelled to ride for punishment. --Johnson.
Timber scribe, a metal tool or pointed instrument for
marking timber. --Simmonds.
Timber sow. (Zool.) Same as Timber worm, below. --Bacon.
Timber tree, a tree suitable for timber.
Timber worm (Zool.), any larval insect which burrows in
timber.
Timber yard, a yard or place where timber is deposited.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Timber \Tim"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Timbered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Timbering.]
To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past
participle.
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His bark is stoutly timbered. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Timber \Tim"ber\, v. i.
1. To light on a tree. [Obs.]
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2. (Falconry) To make a nest.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
timber
n 1: the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building
material [syn: lumber, timber]
2: a beam made of wood
3: a post made of wood
4: land that is covered with trees and shrubs [syn: forest,
woodland, timberland, timber]
5: (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" [syn: timbre, timber, quality,
tone]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
118 Moby Thesaurus words for "timber":
afforestation, arboretum, balk, bare pole, beam, beams, billet,
board, boarding, boards, boondocks, bush, bushveld, character,
chase, clapboard, climax forest, cloud forest, conifer, cord,
cordwood, deal, dendrology, driftwood, evergreen, firewood, forest,
forest land, forest preserve, forestry, fringing forest,
fruit tree, gallery forest, girder, greenwood, hanger, hardwood,
hardwood tree, index forest, jungle, jungles, lath, lathing,
lathwork, log, lumber, mast, material, national forest,
palmetto barrens, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, park,
park forest, pine barrens, plank, planking, planks, plyboard,
plywood, pole, pollard, post, potential, primeval forest, prospect,
protection forest, puncheon, quality, rafter, rain forest,
reforestation, sapling, scrub, scrubland, seedling,
selection forest, shade tree, shake, sheathing, sheathing board,
sheeting, shingle, shrubland, sideboard, siding, silviculture,
slab, slat, softwood, softwood tree, spar, splat, sprout forest,
stand of timber, state forest, stave, stick, stick of wood,
stovewood, stuff, talent, three-by-four, timber tree, timbering,
timberland, timberwork, tree, tree veld, two-by-four,
virgin forest, weald, weatherboard, wildwood, wood, woodland,
woods