What is another word for timber?

Pronunciation: [tˈɪmbə] (IPA)

Timber is a versatile word that refers to wood that is cut, prepared, and used for various purposes. Timber can be used for construction, furniture, paper, and other products. There are several synonyms for timber that you can use in your writing or conversation. Some of these synonyms include lumber, wood, logs, planks, beams, boards, and timberland. Lumber is a popular synonym for timber, especially when referring to wood that has been sawn and prepared for use in construction. Wood and logs are more general synonyms, while planks, beams, and boards refer to specific cuts of timber. Timberland is a synonym that is used to refer to forests or areas where trees are grown for harvesting.

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What are the hypernyms for Timber?

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What are the hyponyms for Timber?

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  • hyponyms for timber (as nouns)

Usage examples for Timber

He did not mention that it was with Jennie, for Jennie had come into Daniel's life after Tom had vanished into the timber forest.
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
"A piece of falling timber did that," said Glenning.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey
Mattawa, flattened against the rock side, held his breath as the mass of timber rushed towards the pool, and next moment saw that Nasmyth was no longer standing on the shelf.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton

Famous quotes with Timber

  • The weather was fine, the valleys literally covered with buffaloe, and everything seemed to promise a safe and speedy movement to the first grove of timber on my route, supposed to be about ten days' march.
    William Henry Ashley
  • These mountains appear to be almost entirely composed of stratas of rock of various colours (mostly red) and are partially covered with a dwarfish growth of pine and cedar, which are the only species of timber to be seen.
    William Henry Ashley
  • There's a basic kind of tension here. It's between those who say, I'd like to clear cut this forest and reduce it to saw timber because that's an economically productive thing for me to do.
    Bruce Babbitt
  • Knowledge like timber shouldn't be mush use till they are seasoned.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • Nothing is so beautiful as spring - when weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush's eggs look little low heavens, and thrush through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring the ear, it strikes like lightning to hear him sing.
    Gerard Manley Hopkins

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