timber

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

1. the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

Similar word(s): lumber

Definition categories: substance

2. a beam made of wood

Definition categories: man–made, beam

3. a post made of wood

Definition categories: man–made, post

4. land that is covered with trees and shrubs

Definition categories: object, biome, earth, ground, land

5. (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)

Similar word(s): quality, timbre, tone

Definition categories: attribute

1. (transitive) To fit with timbers.

- timbering a roof

2. (falconry, intransitive) To light or land on a tree.

3. (obsolete) To make a nest.

4. To surmount as a timber does.

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