the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.

growing trees themselves.

wooded land.

wood, esp. when suitable or adapted for various building purposes.

a single piece of wood forming part of a structure or the like

A timber fell from the roof.

Nautical . (in a ship's frame) one of the curved pieces of wood that spring upward and outward from the keel; rib.

personal character or quality

He's being talked up as presidential timber.

Sports . a wooden hurdle, as a gate or fence, over which a horse must jump in equestrian sports.

to furnish with timber.

to support with timber.

to fell timber, esp. as an occupation.

a lumberjack's call to warn those in the vicinity that a cut tree is about to fall to the ground.

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balk , beam , board , boom , club , forest , frame , girder , grove , hardwood , log , mast , plank , pole , rafter , rib , stake , timberland , weald , woodland , woodlot , woodsnotes:what american call lumber , britons call timber ; timbre refers to the quality of soundtimber refers to cut wood and to one\'s qualification for a position; timbre refers to the quality of sound , material , stuff , cover , gate , joist , lumber , trees , wood , woods