Meaning of "timber" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TIMBER

Old English; related to Old High German zimbar wood, Old Norse timbr timber, Latin domus house.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TIMBER

timber  [ˈtɪmbə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TIMBER

Timber is a verb and can also act as a noun and an exclamation.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb timber in English.

Exclamation is an expression or voice that reflects an emotion or exaltation.

WHAT DOES TIMBER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lumber

Lumber or timber is a collective term for harvested wood that has been manufactured into boards and planks. This process is part of something called wood production. Lumber is predominantly used for structural purposes but has many other uses as well. Lumber is classified as hardwood or softwood. Lumber is supplied either rough-sawn as it came off of the saw or surfaced on one, two, three or all four sides. Besides pulpwood, rough lumber is the raw material for furniture-making and other items requiring additional cutting and shaping. It is available in many species, usually hardwoods, but it is also readily available in softwoods such as white pine and red pine because of their low cost. Finished lumber is supplied in standard sizes, mostly for the construction industry, primarily softwood from coniferous species including pine, fir and spruce, cedar, and hemlock, but also some hardwood, for high-grade flooring.

Definition of timber in the English dictionary

The first definition of timber in the dictionary is wood, esp when regarded as a construction material Usual US and Canadian word: lumber. Other definition of timber is trees collectively. Timber is also woodland.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TIMBER

PRESENT

Present

I timber

you timber

he/she/it timbers

we timber

you timber

they timber

Present continuous

I am timbering

you are timbering

he/she/it is timbering

we are timbering

you are timbering

they are timbering

Present perfect

I have timbered

you have timbered

he/she/it has timbered

we have timbered

you have timbered

they have timbered

Present perfect continuous

I have been timbering

you have been timbering

he/she/it has been timbering

we have been timbering

you have been timbering

they have been timbering

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I timbered

you timbered

he/she/it timbered

we timbered

you timbered

they timbered

Past continuous

I was timbering

you were timbering

he/she/it was timbering

we were timbering

you were timbering

they were timbering

Past perfect

I had timbered

you had timbered

he/she/it had timbered

we had timbered

you had timbered

they had timbered

Past perfect continuous

I had been timbering

you had been timbering

he/she/it had been timbering

we had been timbering

you had been timbering

they had been timbering

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will timber

you will timber

he/she/it will timber

we will timber

you will timber

they will timber

Future continuous

I will be timbering

you will be timbering

he/she/it will be timbering

we will be timbering

you will be timbering

they will be timbering

Future perfect

I will have timbered

you will have timbered

he/she/it will have timbered

we will have timbered

you will have timbered

they will have timbered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been timbering

you will have been timbering

he/she/it will have been timbering

we will have been timbering

you will have been timbering

they will have been timbering

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would timber

you would timber

he/she/it would timber

we would timber

you would timber

they would timber

Conditional continuous

I would be timbering

you would be timbering

he/she/it would be timbering

we would be timbering

you would be timbering

they would be timbering

Conditional perfect

I would have timber

you would have timber

he/she/it would have timber

we would have timber

you would have timber

they would have timber

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been timbering

you would have been timbering

he/she/it would have been timbering

we would have been timbering

you would have been timbering

they would have been timbering

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you timber
we let´s timber
you timber

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to timber

Past participle

timbered

Present Participle

timbering

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «TIMBER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «timber» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of timber

boards · wood

TRANSLATION OF TIMBER

Find out the translation of timber to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of timber from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «timber» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 木材
• Translator English - Spanish: madera
• English: timber
• Translator English - Hindi: लकड़ी
• Translator English - Arabic: خَشَب
• Translator English - Russian: строевой лес
• Translator English - Portuguese: madeira
• Translator English - Bengali: কাঠ
• Translator English - French: bois
• Translator English - Malay: Kayu
• Translator English - German: Bauholz
• Translator English - Japanese: 材木
• Translator English - Korean: 목재
• Translator English - Javanese: Kayu
• Translator English - Vietnamese: gỗ xây dựng
• Translator English - Tamil: மர
• Translator English - Marathi: इमारती लाकूड
• Translator English - Turkish: kereste
• Translator English - Italian: legname
• Translator English - Polish: tarcica
• Translator English - Ukrainian: деревина
• Translator English - Romanian: lemn
• Translator English - Greek: ξυλεία
• Translator English - Afrikaans: hout
• Translator English - Swedish: virke
• Translator English - Norwegian: tømmer

10 QUOTES WITH «TIMBER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word timber.

1

William Henry Ashley

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.

2

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.

3

Bruce Babbitt

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.

4

Mark Carwardine

China is responsible for a lot of the major conservation issues we're facing. It's the main market for rhino horn. Tigers are being killed for tiger bone wine. They're driving the tropical timber trade and illegal logging in Indonesia, and the trade in tropical reef fish.

5

Paul Engle

Contrary to slanderous Eastern opinion, much of Iowa is not flat, but rolling hills country with a lot of timber, a handsome and imaginative landscape, crowded with constant small changes of scene and full of little creeks winding with pools where shiners, crappies and catfish hover.

6

Woody Harrelson

If you manage to stop the timber industry from cutting this forest, they'll cut that forest. If you stop oil drilling here, they'll go drill there.

7

Gerard Manley Hopkins

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.

8

Chris Kilham

Rainforest land is mistakenly valued solely for the worth of its timber, mining and oil resources by short-sighted corporations and governments.

9

Gary Larson

Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth.

10

Frank Murkowski

I firmly believe that we can have a healthy environment and a sustainable timber industry.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TIMBER»

Discover the use of timber in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to timber and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Building the Timber Frame House: The Revival of a Forgotten ...

Building the Timber Frame House is the most comprehensive manual available on the technique.

Tedd Benson, 1981

Timber Home Living

Timber Home Living introduces and showcases the beauty and efficiency of timber homes to an eager custom home buying audience.

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Systems in Timber Engineering: Loadbearing Structures and ...

This work uses plans, schematic drawings, and pictures to show the current and forward-looking state of the technology as applied in Switzerland, a leading country in the field of timber construction.

Josef Kolb, 2008

Timber Engineering

Grouped into three different sections, 'Basic properties of wood-based structural elements', 'Design aspects on timber structures' and 'Joints and structural assemblies', this book focuses on key issues in the understanding of: timber as a ...

Sven Thelandersson, Hans J. Larsen, 2003

Discovering Timber-framed Buildings

This book is not just essential for those interested in the subject, but because of the detail of the drawings, is invaluable for any architect involved in repairing or moving a timber framed building.

Richard Harris, 1993

Timber: Its Nature and Behaviour, Second Edition

This book explains a wide range of timber's physical and mechanical behaviour (including processing) in terms of its basic structure and its complex interaction with moisture.

J.M. Dinwoodie OBE, 2002

Appraisal and Repair of Timber Structures

This guide, written by a practising engineer, begins with a brief introduction to timber as a building material, and then considers the approach to survey work, the investigation and then the appraisal - the stage at which the most ...

Peter Ross, 2002

Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5

The book provides a step-by-step approach to the design of all of the most commonly used timber elements and connections using solid timber, glued laminated timber or wood based structural products.

Jack Porteous, Abdy Kermani, 2008

Practical Timber Formwork

This highly practical book guides the reader through constructing timber formwork for structural concrete elements.

J. B. Peters, 1991

Timber Decay in Buildings: The Conservation Approach to ...

Case studies and photographs help explain all the issues relating to timber decay which can be a complex series of interactions between wood, living organisms and environment.

Brian Ridout, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TIMBER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term timber is used in the context of the following news items.

House passes bill to hasten timber projects in forests

The goal is to speed up timber harvests and underbrush removal that the U.S. Forest Service deems necessary to improve the health of national forests, which ... «SFGate, Jul 15»

Water Logged: Firm Reclaims Timber Lost To Maine's Frigid Rivers

In the north woods of Maine, Tom Shafer is bumping along on a rutted trail in his four-wheel drive truck. Ahead are mounds of maple, pine, oak and birch trees, ... «NPR, May 15»

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. Tops $1 Billion in Q1 Sales. Should You …

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSX:WFT), one of the largest integrated wood products companies in North America, announced better-than-expected first-quarter ... «The Motley Fool Canada, Apr 15»

Aid to timber-dependent Oregon counties is revived by House leaders

WASHINGTON-Federal aid that has provided a financial lifeline for timber-dependent counties in Oregon may soon start flowing again after a key congressional ... «OregonLive.com, Mar 15»

Fed county timber payments in Ore. drop from $68M to $5M

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday that the U.S. Forest Service is sending more than $50 million to 746 timber counties in February, with Oregon ... «kgw.com, Jan 15»

Timber group updates green label forestry standards

SFI was created by the timber industry in 1994 to certify sustainable forests in the U.S. and Canada, but has been independent and nonprofit since 2007. «Washington Times, Jan 15»

Jeb Bush resigns from board of timber and real estate firm

In another sign that he is serious about a 2016 presidential bid, former Florida governor Jeb Bush resigned from the board of a Florida-based real estate firm, ... «Washington Post, Dec 14»

Fire in Karachi timber market extinguished after 10 hours

KARACHI: Expressing grief over the loss caused by a fire in Karachi's timber market, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday directed Sindh government and ... «The Express Tribune, Dec 14»

Ore. environmentalists, loggers call truce in timber wars

But the mill and the town's economy were rescued by a detente between the timber industry and environmentalists - foes since the battles over logging that ... «KOMO News, Dec 14»

Group challenges timber producer's 'green' label

The Center for Sustainable Economy, based in Lake Oswego, Oregon, filed the complaint Thursday with a nonprofit group that verifies whether timber producers ... «The Seattle Times, Dec 14»