timber 音标拼音: [t'ɪmbɚ]
n . 木材,木料
vt . 用木材建造
木材,木料用木材建造
timber n 1 :
the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material [
synonym : {
lumber }, {
timber }]
2 :
a beam made of wood 3 :
a post made of wood 4 :
land that is covered with trees and shrubs [
synonym : {
forest },
{
woodland }, {
timberland }, {
timber }]
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 " [
synonym : {
timbre }, {
timber }, {
quality },
{
tone }]
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 }.]
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Timber \
Tim "
ber \,
n . [
F .
timbre .
See {
Timbre }.] (
Her .)
The crest on a coat of arms . [
Written also {
timbre }.]
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Timber \
Tim "
ber \,
v .
t .
To surmount as a timber does . [
Obs .]
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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 .
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And ta '
en my fiddle to the gate , . . .
And fiddled in the timber ! --
Tennyson .
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2 .
The body ,
stem ,
or trunk of a tree .
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3 .
Fig .:
Material for any structure .
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Such dispositions are the very errors of human nature ;
and yet they are the fittest timber to make politics of . --
Bacon .
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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 .
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So they prepared timber . . .
to build the house .
--
1 Kings v .
18 .
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Many of the timbers were decayed . --
W .
Coxe .
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5 .
Woods or forest ;
wooden land . [
Western U .
S .]
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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 .
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{
Timber and room }. (
Shipbuilding )
Same as {
Room and space }.
See under {
Room }.
{
Timber beetle } (
Zool .),
any one of numerous species of beetles the larvae of which bore in timber ;
as ,
the silky timber beetle ({
Lymexylon sericeum }).
{
Timber doodle } (
Zool .),
the American woodcock . [
Local ,
U .
S .]
{
Timber grouse } (
Zool .),
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 }. (
Zool .)
Same as {
Timber worm },
below . --
Bacon .
{
Timber tree },
a tree suitable for timber .
{
Timber worm } (
Zool .),
any larval insect which burrows in timber .
{
Timber yard },
a yard or place where timber is deposited .
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Timber \
Tim "
ber \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Timbered };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Timbering }.]
To furnish with timber ; --
chiefly used in the past participle .
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His bark is stoutly timbered . --
Shak .
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Timber \
Tim "
ber \,
v .
i .
1 .
To light on a tree . [
Obs .]
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2 . (
Falconry )
To make a nest .
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118 Moby Thesaurus words for "
timber ":
afforestation ,
arboretum ,
balk ,
bare pole ,
beam ,
beams ,
billet ,
board ,
boarding ,
boards ,
boondocks ,
bush ,
bushveld ,
character ,
chase ,
clapboard ,
climax forest ,
cloud forest ,
conifer ,
cord ,
cordwood ,
deal ,
dendrology ,
driftwood ,
evergreen ,
firewood ,
forest ,
forest land ,
forest preserve ,
forestry ,
fringing forest ,
fruit tree ,
gallery forest ,
girder ,
greenwood ,
hanger ,
hardwood ,
hardwood tree ,
index forest ,
jungle ,
jungles ,
lath ,
lathing ,
lathwork ,
log ,
lumber ,
mast ,
material ,
national forest ,
palmetto barrens ,
panelboard ,
paneling ,
panelwork ,
park ,
park forest ,
pine barrens ,
plank ,
planking ,
planks ,
plyboard ,
plywood ,
pole ,
pollard ,
post ,
potential ,
primeval forest ,
prospect ,
protection forest ,
puncheon ,
quality ,
rafter ,
rain forest ,
reforestation ,
sapling ,
scrub ,
scrubland ,
seedling ,
selection forest ,
shade tree ,
shake ,
sheathing ,
sheathing board ,
sheeting ,
shingle ,
shrubland ,
sideboard ,
siding ,
silviculture ,
slab ,
slat ,
softwood ,
softwood tree ,
spar ,
splat ,
sprout forest ,
stand of timber ,
state forest ,
stave ,
stick ,
stick of wood ,
stovewood ,
stuff ,
talent ,
three -
by -
four ,
timber tree ,
timbering ,
timberland ,
timberwork ,
tree ,
tree veld ,
two -
by -
four ,
virgin forest ,
weald ,
weatherboard ,
wildwood ,
wood ,
woodland ,
woods
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