timber: meaning and definitions

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What is timber?

What is timber?

  • Trees or wooded land considered as a source of wood.
  • Wood used as a building material; lumber.
  • A dressed piece of wood, especially a beam in a structure.
  • Nautical A rib in a ship's frame.
  • A person considered to have qualities suited for a particular activity: That trainee is executive timber.
  • To support or frame with timbers: timber a mine shaft.

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