Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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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.