Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: timber
IPA transcription: [t'ɪmbɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: lumber, timber
    Meaning: the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
  • Synonyms: timber
    Meaning: a beam made of wood
  • Synonyms: timber
    Meaning: a post made of wood
Usage examples
  • Clouds of steam rose all about the timber cart.
  • You know nothing about timber, but you've got an eye.
  • The new trail skirted the timber only for a short distance.
  • Now, here it is: What could I do, with this old timber I hobble on?
  • Get toward home!" cried Tom, running around to the rear of the timber cart.
  • But here it was no longer some isolated bush or a modest grove of low timber.
  • With this object in view they traveled towards some timber which was near by.
  • The Maslovs, an old merchant and his son, will give eight thousand for the timber.
  • Babylonia is a treeless country, and timber had to be imported from the earliest times.
  • By the timber island in question--about two hundred yards from its edge--a horse is quietly pasturing.