Canada abounds in timber.
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Timber
//ˈtɪmbə//
Synonyms for "timber" (134 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (67)
plankingplanksplyboardplywoodpolepollardpostpotentialprimeval forestprospectprotection forestpuncheonqualityrafterrain forestreforestationsaplingscrubscrublandseedling
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selection forestshade treeshakesheathingsheathing boardsheetingshingleshrublandsideboardsidingsilvicultureslabslatsoftwoodsoftwood treesparsplatsprout foreststand of timberstate foreststavestickstick of woodstovewoodstufftalentthree-by-fourtimber treetimberingtimberworktimbretreetree veldtwo-by-fourvirgin forestwealdweatherboardwildwoodwoodwoodlandwoods
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1 entriesTranslations
164 translations across 50 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- خَشَب! intj (warning shout used by loggers)
- خَشَب noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- خَشَب noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Armenian
4 entries- անտառանյութ noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- ատաղձ noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
- գերան noun (beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship)
- հեծան noun (beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- oduncaq noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
Belarusian
2 entries- драўні́на noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- лесаматэрыя́л noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Bulgarian
4 entries- греда́ noun (beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship)
- дъ́рвен материа́л noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- дъ́рвен материа́л noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
- дърво́ noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Burmese
2 entries- သစ် noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- သစ် noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Catalan
2 entries- biga noun (beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship)
- fusta noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 木料 noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
- 木材 noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- 木材 noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Danish
1 entries- tømmer noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
Dutch
4 entries- onderuit! intj (warning shout used by loggers)
- van onderen intj (warning shout used by loggers)
- balk noun (beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship)
- dakbalk noun (beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship)
Finnish
4 entries- puu kaatuu! intj (warning shout used by loggers)
- hirsi noun (beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship)
- kurkihirsi noun (beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship)
- puu noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
French
4 entries- attention! intj (warning shout used by loggers)
- gare! intj (warning shout used by loggers)
- arbres noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- bois noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
Galician
3 entries- madeira noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- madeira noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
- trabe noun (beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship)
German
4 entries- Baum fällt! intj (warning shout used by loggers)
- Balken noun (beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship)
- Bauholz noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
- Holz noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
Greek
3 entries- δοκάρι noun (beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship)
- ξυλεία noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- ξυλεία noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Hungarian
2 entries- dől a fa! intj (warning shout used by loggers)
- épületfa noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Icelandic
4 entries- timbur! intj (warning shout used by loggers)
- timbur noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- timbur noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
- viður noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- اَلْوار noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
Irish
2 entries- adhmad noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- ánshraith noun (beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship)
Italian
2 entries- legname noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
- legno noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
Japanese
4 entries- 木材 noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- 木材 noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
- 材木 noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- 材木 noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Kazakh
1 entries- бөрене noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
Korean
4 entries- 들보 noun (beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship)
- 목재 noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- 재목 noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
- 제목 noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
Lithuanian
2 entries- mediena noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- rąstas noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
Luhya
1 entries- embao noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Malay
1 entries- balak noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
Malayalam
2 entries- മരം noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- മരം noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Meru
1 entries- mpao noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Munsee
1 entries- ăpánzhuy noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- dar noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- dar noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
- karîte noun (beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- takbjelke noun (beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship)
- trevirke noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
- tømmer noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
Old English
2 entries- timber noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- timber noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- كرسته noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Polish
2 entries- drewno noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
- drzewa noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
Portuguese
4 entries- madeira! intj (warning shout used by loggers)
- madeira noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- madeira noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
- viga noun (beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship)
Romanian
1 entries- cherestea noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Russian
4 entries- побереги́сь! intj (warning shout used by loggers)
- ба́лка noun (beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship)
- деревоматериа́л noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
- древеси́на noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
Sanskrit
3 entries- काष्ठ noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- काष्ठ noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
- दारु noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fiodh noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- drvo pada! intj (warning shout used by loggers)
- drva noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- dȑvo noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
- stalak noun (beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship)
Spanish
4 entries- fuera abajo intj (warning shout used by loggers)
- tronco va intj (warning shout used by loggers)
- árbol va intj (warning shout used by loggers)
- leña noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
Swahili
4 entries- mbao intj (warning shout used by loggers)
- mbao noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- mbao noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
- mbao noun (beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship)
Swedish
4 entries- timmer! intj (warning shout used by loggers)
- timmer noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
- trä noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- virke noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Tagalog
1 entries- baol noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Telugu
2 entries- కలప noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- కలప noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Thai
1 entries- ไม้ล้ม intj (warning shout used by loggers)
Turkish
3 entries- ahşap noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- kereste noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
- kerestelik orman noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
Ukrainian
2 entries- деревина́ noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- лісоматеріа́л noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Walloon
2 entries- bwès d' tcherpinte noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
- mairin noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Welsh
2 entries- pren noun (trees considered as a source of wood)
- pren noun (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Large amounts of timber are used in paper making.
Source: tatoeba (276000)
The sawyer brought some timber over to the cooper's shop, but the cooper is still waiting on the hooper. The chandler is doing fine, though.
Source: tatoeba (1372008)
Timber!
Source: tatoeba (3764365)
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