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Timber

//ˈtɪmbə// intj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.

    "From the core of the trunk come explosive cracks sounding like rifle-fire. The top of the tree begins swaying drunkenly, as if struggling to keep on its feet. The warning cry "Timber!""

  2. 2
    By extension, a cry used when anything is falling over.

    "The cameras caught the big man crashing to the studio floor. It seemed to take an age for Sticks to hit the deck and as he went down we all chorused "Timberrrr!""

Noun
  1. 1
    Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood. uncountable

    "collect timber"

  2. 2
    a beam made of wood wordnet
  3. 3
    Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction. US, uncountable
  4. 4
    a post made of wood wordnet
  5. 5
    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

    "the timbers of a ship"

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  1. 6
    (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) wordnet
  2. 7
    Material for any structure. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    land that is covered with trees and shrubs wordnet
  4. 9
    The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun. countable, informal, uncountable
  5. 10
    the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material wordnet
  6. 11
    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. 12
    The stumps. countable, slang, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To fit with timbers. transitive

    "timbering a roof"

  2. 2
    To construct, frame, build. obsolete, transitive

    "For many heads that undertake [learning], were never squared nor timbred for it."

  3. 3
    To light or land on a tree. intransitive
  4. 4
    To make a nest. obsolete
  5. 5
    To surmount as a timber does. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English tymber, from Old English timber, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“build, house”) (see Proto-Indo-European *dṓm). Cognates include Dutch timmer, Old High German zimbar (German Zimmer), Norwegian tømmer, Old Norse timbr, Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timrjan, “to build”), Latin domus and Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos).

Etymology 2

From Middle English tymber, from Old English timber, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“build, house”) (see Proto-Indo-European *dṓm). Cognates include Dutch timmer, Old High German zimbar (German Zimmer), Norwegian tømmer, Old Norse timbr, Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timrjan, “to build”), Latin domus and Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos).

Etymology 3

From Middle English tymber, from Old English timber, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“build, house”) (see Proto-Indo-European *dṓm). Cognates include Dutch timmer, Old High German zimbar (German Zimmer), Norwegian tømmer, Old Norse timbr, Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timrjan, “to build”), Latin domus and Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos).

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