Synonyms for timber
ˈtɪm bərtim·ber

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1. timbernoun

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

   Synonyms:
   timberland, forest

2. timbernoun

   Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.

   Synonyms:
   wood, lumber

3. timbernoun

   Synonyms:
   rafter, beam

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 3 votes

1. lumber, timbernoun

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

   Synonyms:
   woodland, tone, quality, timbre, timberland, lumber, forest, baseball bat

2. timbernoun

   a beam made of wood

   Synonyms:
   woodland, lumber, tone, quality, timbre, forest, timberland

3. timbernoun

   a post made of wood

   Synonyms:
   woodland, lumber, tone, quality, timbre, forest, timberland

4. forest, woodland, timberland, timbernoun

   land that is covered with trees and shrubs

   Synonyms:
   woodland, tone, quality, wood, timbre, timberland, woods, lumber, forest

5. timbre, timber, quality, tonenoun

   (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"

   Synonyms:
   note, shade, smell, tone of voice, caliber, tonicity, lineament, quality, feel, feeling, flavor, look, tint, lumber, tonus, flavour, spirit, whole step, tincture, timberland, pure tone, step, forest, whole tone, character, tone, woodland, timbre, calibre, musical note

Matched Categories

1. • Beam
   • Biome
   • Building Material
   • Land
   • Music
   • Post
   • Sound Property

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. timbernoun

   Synonyms:
   wood (for building)

2. timbernoun

   Synonyms:
   beam, stick, squared timber

3. timbernoun

   Synonyms:
   rib (of a ship's frame)

4. timbernoun

   Synonyms:
   [western, U. S.] woods, forest

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1. List of paraphrases for "timber":

   wood, lumber, wooden, madeira, timmer, bois, woods, drink, madera, hout, forest, firewood, forestry, woody, stumpage

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How to use timber in a sentence?

1. J. Willard Marriott:

   Good timber does not grow with ease the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees.

2. The Washington Post:

   The 2016 plan identified 962,000 acres as suitable for commercial timber and suggested no more than 568,000 acres of that should be logged.

3. Overlung:

   Wit is brushwood; judgment timber; the one gives the greatest flame, and the other yields the most durable heat; and both meeting make the best fire.

4. John Hawkins:

   It wasn’t a slow deal, when you see one of those develop that fast in heavy timber and already see another dozen fires in California running crazy, it doesn’t take much to light your lightbulb or ring your bell.

5. Bob Katter:

   Mr Katter hit out at both the Liberal National and Labor parties. You destroyed the timber industry, the tobacco industry, the fishing industry, the dairy industry and half the sugar mills,he said. We can't farm here because of the Great Barrier Reef. Out west we can't shoot pigs because guns are bad. You can't remove trees, can't use the water out west, can't use the land or improve it. We're not standing still. We're not going forward, so we must be going backwards.