Word
Timber
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
tim-ber
Definition
- n. - A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines,
sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins,
in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer.
- n. - The crest on a coat of arms.
- v. t. - To surmount as a timber does.
- n. - That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for
tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; --
usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf.
Lumber, 3.
- n. - The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
- n. - Fig.: Material for any structure.
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