timber

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[edit] Etymology

Middle English tymber < Old English timber < Proto-Germanic *timram < Proto-Indo-European *dem(H₂)- (“‘build, house’”). Cognates include Old High German zimbar (German Zimmer), Old Norse timbr and Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timrjan), “‘to build’”).

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Singular
timber

Plural
timbers

timber (plural timbers)

  1. (uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
  2. (British, 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. Historically also used in the plural, as in "ship's timbers".

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trees considered as a source of wood
wood that has been cut ready for construction
beam used to support a roof

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[edit] Interjection

timber!

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

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warning shout used by loggers

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[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *timram from Proto-Indo-European *dem(H₂)- (“‘build, house’”). Cognates include Old High German zimbar (German Zimmer), Old Norse timbr and Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timrjan), “‘to build’”).

[edit] Noun

timber n.

  1. timber
  2. a building
  3. the act of building
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