FromMiddle English tymber Old English timber Proto-West Germanic *timr Proto-Germanic *timrą Proto-Indo-European *dem- ( “ build, house ” ) (seeProto-Indo-European *dṓm
Cognates includeDutch timmer Old High German zimbar German Zimmer Norwegian tømmer Old Norse timbr Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 ( timrjan “ to build ” ) ,Latin domus Ancient Greek δόμος ( dómos ) .
timber (countable anduncountable plural timbers
( uncountable ) Trees in a forest regarded as a source ofwood .collecttimber cut downtimber ( outside Canada ,US , uncountable ) construction .( countable ) wooden beam , generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as aroof .thetimbers of a ship
Material for any structure. ( firearms , informal ) stock of arifle orshotgun .( archaic ) fur skins (as of martens, ermines, sables, etc.) packed betweenboards ; in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty. Alsotimmer timbre ( cricket , slang ) stumps .( wooden beam used to provide support ) : crosstree trees considered as a source of wood
Arabic:خَشَب (ar) m ( ḵašab ) Armenian: անտառանյութ (hy) ( antaṙanyutʻ ) ,փայտանյութ (hy) ( pʻaytanyutʻ ) Azerbaijani:oduncaq (az) Belarusian:драўні́на f ( draŭnína ) Bulgarian: дъ́рвен материа́л m ( dǎ́rven materiál ) Burmese: သစ် (my) ( sac ) Catalan:fusta (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:木材 (zh) ( mùcái ) Danish:tømmer (da) c Dutch: kaphout (nl) n , hout (nl) n Finnish: puu (fi) ,puusto (fi) French:bois (fr) m , arbres (fr) m pl Galician: madeira (gl) f German: Holz (de) n , Nutzholz n Greek: ξυλεία (el) f ( xyleía ) Icelandic: viður (is) m , timbur (is) n Irish: adhmad (ga) m Italian: legno (it) m Japanese: 木材 (ja) ( もくざい, mokuzai ) ,材木 (ja) ( ざいもく, zaimoku ) Kazakh:бөрене ( börene ) Korean:목재(木材) (ko) ( mokjae ) ,제목(材木) (ko) ( jemok ) Kurdish:Northern Kurdish:dar (ku) f Lithuanian: mediena f , rąstas m Malay: balak (ms) Malayalam:മരം (ml) ( maraṁ ) Munsee:ăpánzhuy Norwegian:Bokmål:tømmer (no) n Old English: timber n Persian: Iranian Persian: اَلْوار ( alvâr ) Polish:drzewa (pl) pl Portuguese: madeira (pt) f Russian: лес накорню́ m ( les na kornjú ) ,строево́й лес m ( strojevój les ) ,древеси́на (ru) f ( drevesína ) Sanskrit: काष्ठ (sa) n ( kāṣṭha ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: дрва n pl Roman: drva (sh) n pl Spanish: madera (es) f , leña (es) f Swahili: mbao (sw) Swedish:trä (sv) n Telugu: కలప (te) ( kalapa ) Turkish:kerestelik (tr) orman (tr) ,ahşap (tr) Ukrainian:деревина́ (uk) f ( derevyná ) Welsh: pren (cy) m
wood that has been cut ready for construction
Arabic:خَشَب (ar) m ( ḵašab ) Armenian: ատաղձ (hy) ( ataġj ) ,շինափայտ (hy) ( šinapʻayt ) ,փայտանյութ (hy) ( pʻaytanyutʻ ) ,փայտեղեն (hy) ( pʻayteġen ) Belarusian:лесаматэрыя́л m ( ljesamateryjál ) Bulgarian: дърво́ (bg) n ( dǎrvó ) ,дъ́рвен материа́л m ( dǎ́rven materiál ) Burmese: သစ် (my) ( sac ) Chinese:Mandarin:木料 (zh) ( mùliào ) ,木材 (zh) ( mùcái ) Dutch:hout (nl) n , timmerhout (nl) n Finnish: puu (fi) ,puutavara (fi) French:bois de charpente m , bois de construction m , bois de menuiserie m Galician: madeira (gl) f German: Holz (de) n , Bauholz (de) n , Schnittholz n , Konstruktionsholz n , Konstruktionsvollholz n Greek: ξυλεία (el) f ( xyleía ) Hungarian: épületfa (hu) Icelandic:viður (is) m , timbur (is) n Italian: legname (it) m Japanese: 材木 (ja) ( ざいもく, zaimoku ) ,木材 (ja) ( もくざい, mokuzai ) Korean:재목(材木) (ko) ( jaemok ) Kurdish:Northern Kurdish:dar (ku) f Luhya: embao Malayalam:മരം (ml) ( maraṁ ) Meru:mpao Norwegian:Bokmål:trevirke n Old English: timber n Ottoman Turkish: كرسته ( kereste ) Polish:drewno (pl) n Portuguese: madeira (pt) f Romanian: cherestea (ro) f Russian: пиломатериа́лы (ru) m pl ( pilomateriály ) ,лесоматериа́л (ru) m ( lesomateriál ) ,деревоматериа́л m ( derevomateriál ) Sanskrit: काष्ठ (sa) n ( kāṣṭha ) ,दारु (sa) n ( dāru ) Scottish Gaelic: fiodh m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: др̏во n Roman: dȑvo (sh) n Spanish: leño (es) m , madero (es) m Swahili: mbao (sw) Swedish:virke (sv) n , timmer (sv) n Tagalog: baol Telugu:కలప (te) ( kalapa ) Turkish:kereste (tr) Ukrainian:лісоматеріа́л m ( lisomateriál ) Walloon: mairin (wa) m , bwès d' tcherpinte m Welsh: pren (cy) m
beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
Armenian:գերան (hy) ( geran ) ,հեծան (hy) ( hecan ) Bulgarian:греда́ (bg) f ( gredá ) Catalan: biga (ca) f Dutch: dakbalk (nl) m , balk (nl) m Finnish: hirsi (fi) ,kurkihirsi (fi) French:madrier (fr) ,poutre (fr) ;membrure (fr) [ship] Galician:trabe (gl) f German: Stiel (de) m , Balken (de) m , Säule (de) f , Stütze (de) f Greek: δοκάρι (el) n ( dokári ) Irish: ánshraith f ( roof ) Japanese: 梁 (ja) ( はり, hari ) Korean:들보 (ko) ( deulbo ) Kurdish:Northern Kurdish:karîte (ku) m Norwegian: Bokmål: takbjelke m Portuguese: viga (pt) f Russian: ба́лка (ru) f ( bálka ) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: stalak (sh) m Spanish: madero (es) m , viga (es) f , polín m Swahili: mbao (sw)
timber!
Used byloggers to warn others that atree beingfelled isfalling .1961 Robert S. Close ,With Hooves of Brass , Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page34 :From the core of the trunk come explosive cracks sounding like rifle-fire. The top of the tree begins swaying drunkenly, as if struggling to keep on its feet. The warning cry "Timber !"
By extension, a cry used when anything is falling over.1991 Rex Mossop ,The Moose That Roared , Sydney: Ironbark Press, page160 :The cameras caught the big man crashing to the studio floor. It seemed to take an age for Sticks to hit the deck and as he went down we all chorused "Timberrrr! "
warning shout used by loggers
timber (third-person singular simple present timbers present participle timbering simple past and past participle timbered
( transitive ) timbering a roof( transitive , obsolete ) construct ,frame ,build .1646 Thomas Browne ,Pseudodoxia Epidemica [1] 1650 , Book I, Chapter 5, p. 14:For many heads that undertake [learning], were never squared nortimbred for it.
( falconry , intransitive ) ( obsolete ) nest .( transitive ) timber
Misspelling oftimbre .timber n (definite singular timberet or timbret uncountable
( pre-1938 ) alternative form oftømmer FromProto-West Germanic *timr Proto-Germanic *timrą Proto-Indo-European *dem- ( “ build, house ” ) (seeProto-Indo-European *dṓm
Cognates includeOld Saxon timbar Old High German zimbar Old Norse timbr Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 ( timrjan “ to build ” ) , andLatin domus
timber n
timber building (both senses)Stronga -stem:
FromOld Norse timbr Proto-Germanic *timrą
timber n
timber ;wood used forbuilding Declension of timbr (stronga -stem)
