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Noun: timber  tim-bu(r)
  1. The wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
    - lumber
     
  2. A beam made of wood
     
  3. A post made of wood
     
  4. Land that is covered with trees and shrubs
    - forest, woodland, timberland [N. Amer], forestry, forestland [N. Amer]
     
  5. [non-standard] (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice, noise or musical sound)
    - timbre, quality, tone
Interjection: timber  tim-bu(r)
  1. Used to warn other people that a tree being felled is falling to the ground

Derived forms: timbers

Type of: beam, biome, building material, dry land, earth, ground, land, post, solid ground, sound property, terra firma

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