noun Download 🔗Share Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood. Examples : "The logging company considered the vast forest timbers a valuable resource for building homes. " environment material plant Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (outside North America) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction. Examples : "The carpenter ordered seasoned timbers for the new house extension. " material building architecture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "the timbers of a ship" material architecture building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Material for any structure. Examples : "The construction workers unloaded the timbers needed to build the new house frame. " material structure architecture building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun. Examples : "The hunter carefully cleaned the dirt from the rifle's timbers after a long day in the woods. " material part weapon Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The trader carefully inspected the timbers of sable skins, ensuring each package contained the agreed-upon forty pelts. " animal amount commerce business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To fit with timbers. Examples : "timbering a roof" architecture building material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To construct, frame, build. Examples : "The construction crew will timbers the roof of the new house next week. " building architecture structure material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To light or land on a tree. Examples : "The curious robin timbers on the old oak tree outside my kitchen window every morning, looking for breakfast. " nature plant environment bird animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make a nest. Examples : "The birds were busy timbering a new nest in the old oak tree. " animal bird nature biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To surmount as a timber does. Examples : "The fallen tree timbers the path, making it difficult to pass. " architecture building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading