timber

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Synonyms: limber, dimber, tiber, imber, tomber, mimber, simber, timer, timmer, kimber, nimber

Antonyms: limber, dimber, tiber, imber, tomber, mimber, simber, timer, timmer, kimber, nimber

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[tree|Trees]] in a forest regarded as a source of [[wood]].
2. {{lb|en|outside|North America|uncountable}} Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in [[construction]].
3. {{lb|en|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]].
4. Material for any structure.
5. {{lb|en|firearms|informal}} The wooden [[stock]] of a [[rifle]] or [[shotgun]].
6. {{lb|en|archaic}} A certain quantity of [[fur]] [[skin]]s (as of martens, ermines, sables, etc.) packed between [[board]]s; in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty. Also ''[[timmer]]'', ''[[timbre]]''.
7. {{lb|en|cricket|slang}} The [[stump]]s.

Interjection

1. {{n-g|Used by [[logger]]s to warn others that a [[tree]] being [[fell]]ed is [[fall]]ing.}}
2. {{lb|en|by extension}} {{n-g|A cry used when anything is falling over.}}

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To fit with timbers.
2. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[construct]], [[frame]], [[build]].
3. {{lb|en|falconry|intransitive}} To light or land on a tree.
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} To make a [[nest]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To surmount as a timber does.

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