timber

noun · interjection · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

timbers

1.
(uncountable)Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
collect timber
cut down timber
2.
(US, uncountable)(outside Canada, US, uncountable) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
3.
(countable)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.
the timbers of a ship
4.
(countable, uncountable)Material for any structure.
5.
(countable, informal, uncountable)(firearms, informal) The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.
6.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)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.
7.
(countable, slang, uncountable)(cricket, slang) The stumps.

interjection

timber!

1.
Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.
2.
By extension, a cry used when anything is falling over.

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verb

V_es/s

timbers

V_ing/Gerund

timbering

V_ed/pp

timbered

1.
(transitive)To fit with timbers.
timbering a roof
2.
(obsolete, transitive)To construct, frame, build.
3.
(intransitive)(falconry, intransitive) To light or land on a tree.
4.
(obsolete)To make a nest.
5.
(transitive)To surmount as a timber does.

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Đồng nghĩa

timberland forest lumber beam raftertrees considered as a source of wood timberland, forestwood that has been cut ready for construction lumber, woodbeam used to support a roof beam, rafter

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English tymber, from Old English timber, from *timr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą (building; timber), from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (to build; to arrange) (see). 2 cog Cognate with timmer, Zimmer, Zëmmer, צימער, tømmer, timbur, timber, tymbur, tømmer (timber), timmer, 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽, 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to build, construct; to edify, strengthen);