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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : [ gazetteer ]


  Timber, OR
    Zip code(s): 97144

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Timber \Tim"ber\, v. t.
     To surmount as a timber does. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Timber \Tim"ber\, n. [AS. timbor, timber, wood, building; akin
     to OFries. timber, D. timmer a room, G. zimmer, OHG. zimbar
     timber, a dwelling, room, Icel. timbr timber, Sw. timmer,
     Dan. t["o]mmer, Goth. timrjan to build, timrja a builder, L.
     domus a house, Gr. ? house, ? to build, Skr. dama a house.
     [root]62. Cf. Dome, Domestic.]
     1. That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for
        tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and
        the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes
        of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And ta'en my fiddle to the gate, . . .
              And fiddled in the timber!            --Tennyson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Fig.: Material for any structure.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Such dispositions are the very errors of human
              nature; and yet they are the fittest timber to make
              politics of.                          --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for
        building, or already framed; collectively, the larger
        pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a
        house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the
        covering or boarding.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              So they prepared timber . . . to build the house.
                                                    --1 Kings v.
                                                    18.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Many of the timbers were decayed.     --W. Coxe.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Woods or forest; wooden land. [Western U. S.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. (Shipbuilding) A rib, or a curving piece of wood,
        branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a
        vertical direction. One timber is composed of several
        pieces united.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Timber and room. (Shipbuilding) Same as Room and space.
        See under Room.
  
     Timber beetle (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
        beetles the larv[ae] of which bore in timber; as, the
        silky timber beetle ({Lymexylon sericeum).
  
     Timber doodle (Zo["o]l.), the American woodcock. [Local, U.
        S.]
  
     Timber grouse (Zo["o]l.), any species of grouse that
        inhabits woods, as the ruffed grouse and spruce partridge;
        -- distinguished from prairie grouse.
  
     Timber hitch (Naut.), a kind of hitch used for temporarily
        marking fast a rope to a spar. See Illust. under Hitch.
        
  
     Timber mare, a kind of instrument upon which soldiers were
        formerly compelled to ride for punishment. --Johnson.
  
     Timber scribe, a metal tool or pointed instrument for
        marking timber. --Simmonds.
  
     Timber sow. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Timber worm, below.
        --Bacon.
  
     Timber tree, a tree suitable for timber.
  
     Timber worm (Zo["o]l.), any larval insect which burrows in
        timber.
  
     Timber yard, a yard or place where timber is deposited.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Timber \Tim"ber\, n. [Probably the same word as timber sort of
     wood; cf. Sw. timber, LG. timmer, MHG. zimber, G. zimmer, F.
     timbre, LL. timbrium. Cf. Timmer.] (Com.)
     A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines,
     sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases
     forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also
     timmer. [Written also timbre.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Timber \Tim"ber\, n. [F. timbre. See Timbre.] (Her.)
     The crest on a coat of arms. [Written also timbre.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Timber \Tim"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Timbered; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Timbering.]
     To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past
     participle.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           His bark is stoutly timbered.            --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Timber \Tim"ber\, v. i.
     1. To light on a tree. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Falconry) To make a nest.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Timber \Tim"ber\, n. [Probably the same word as timber sort of
     wood; cf. Sw. timber, LG. timmer, MHG. zimber, G. zimmer, F.
     timbre, LL. timbrium. Cf. Timmer.] (Com.)
     A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines,
     sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases
     forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also
     timmer. [Written also timbre.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Timber \Tim"ber\, n. [F. timbre. See Timbre.] (Her.)
     The crest on a coat of arms. [Written also timbre.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Timber \Tim"ber\, v. t.
     To surmount as a timber does. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Timber \Tim"ber\, n. [AS. timbor, timber, wood, building; akin
     to OFries. timber, D. timmer a room, G. zimmer, OHG. zimbar
     timber, a dwelling, room, Icel. timbr timber, Sw. timmer,
     Dan. t["o]mmer, Goth. timrjan to build, timrja a builder, L.
     domus a house, Gr. ? house, ? to build, Skr. dama a house.
     [root]62. Cf. Dome, Domestic.]
     1. That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for
        tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and
        the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes
        of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3.
  
              And ta'en my fiddle to the gate, . . . And fiddled
              in the timber!                        --Tennyson.
  
     2. The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
  
     3. Fig.: Material for any structure.
  
              Such dispositions are the very errors of human
              nature; and yet they are the fittest timber to make
              politics of.                          --Bacon.
  
     4. A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for
        building, or already framed; collectively, the larger
        pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a
        house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the
        covering or boarding.
  
              So they prepared timber . . . to build the house.
                                                    --1 Kings v.
                                                    18.
  
              Many of the timbers were decayed.     --W. Coxe.
  
     5. Woods or forest; wooden land. [Western U. S.]
  
     6. (Shipbuilding) A rib, or a curving piece of wood,
        branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a
        vertical direction. One timber is composed of several
        pieces united.
  
     Timber and room. (Shipbuilding) Same as Room and space.
        See under Room.
  
     Timber beetle (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
        beetles the larv[ae] of which bore in timber; as, the
        silky timber beetle ({Lymexylon sericeum).
  
     Timber doodle (Zo["o]l.), the American woodcock. [Local, U.
        S.]
  
     Timber grouse (Zo["o]l.), any species of grouse that
        inhabits woods, as the ruffed grouse and spruce partridge;
        -- distinguished from prairie grouse.
  
     Timber hitch (Naut.), a kind of hitch used for temporarily
        marking fast a rope to a spar. See Illust. under Hitch.
        
  
     Timber mare, a kind of instrument upon which soldiers were
        formerly compelled to ride for punishment. --Johnson.
  
     Timber scribe, a metal tool or pointed instrument for
        marking timber. --Simmonds.
  
     Timber sow. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Timber worm, below.
        --Bacon.
  
     Timber tree, a tree suitable for timber.
  
     Timber worm (Zo["o]l.), any larval insect which burrows in
        timber.
  
     Timber yard, a yard or place where timber is deposited.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Timber \Tim"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Timbered; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Timbering.]
     To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past
     participle.
  
           His bark is stoutly timbered.            --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Timber \Tim"ber\, v. i.
     1. To light on a tree. [Obs.]
  
     2. (Falconry) To make a nest.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  timber
       n 1: the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building
            material [syn: lumber]
       2: a beam made of wood
       3: a post made of wood
       4: land that is covered with trees and shrubs [syn: forest, woodland,
           timberland]
       5: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice
          or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was
          rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell
          summoned them to meet" [syn: timbre, quality, tone]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  timber
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     (nn-former tømmer 1938)
     Old English n.
     1 timber#English
     2 building (both senses)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Timber
     Luxembourgish n.
     1 postage stamp
     2 timbre (gloss: of a voice etc.)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  timber
     interj.
     Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) tree 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 skins (as of martens,
  ermines, sables, etc.) packed between boards; in some cases forty skins,
  in others one hundred and twenty. Also ''timmer'', ''timbre''.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To fit with timbers.
     2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To construct, frame, build.
     n.
     (misspelling of en timbre)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  timber
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     (nn-former tømmer 1938)
     Old English n.
     1 timber#English
     2 building (both senses)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Timber
     Luxembourgish n.
     1 postage stamp
     2 timbre (gloss: of a voice etc.)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  timber
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     (nn-former tømmer 1938)
     Old English n.
     1 timber#English
     2 building (both senses)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Timber
     Luxembourgish n.
     1 postage stamp
     2 timbre (gloss: of a voice etc.)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  timber
     Englanti interj.
     puu!, puu kaatuu!
     Englanti n.
     1 (''metsätalous'') puutavara; puusto
     2 (''merenkulku'') kaaripuu
     3 (''metsästys'') este
     4 (''urheilu'') krikettiportti

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  timber
     Fornsvenska n.
     timmer

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  timber /tˈɪmbə/
  hout

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Timber /tˈɪmbə/
  الخشب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  timber //ˈtɪmbə// //ˈtɪmbɚ// /[ˈtɪˑmˌbəː]/ /[ˈtɪˑmˌbɚː]/ 
  1. греда́
  beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
  2. [[дъ́рвен]] [[материа́л]]
  trees considered as a source of wood
  3. [[дъ́рвен]] [[материа́л]], дърво́
  wood that has been cut ready for construction