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1 timber
['timbə]1) (wood, especially for building: This house is built of timber.) timbur2) (trees suitable for this: a hundred acres of good timber.) tré, skógur3) (a wooden beam used in the building of a house, ship etc.) bjálki, (burðar)biti -
2 board
[bo:d] 1. noun1) (a strip of timber: The floorboards of the old house were rotten.) borð, fjöl2) (a flat piece of wood etc for a special purpose: notice-board; chessboard.) tafla, borð3) (meals: board and lodging.) kostur, fæði4) (an official group of persons administering an organization etc: the board of directors.) (stjórnar)nefnd, stjórn2. verb1) (to enter, or get on to (a vehicle, ship, plane etc): This is where we board the bus.) ganga um borð, fara upp í2) (to live temporarily and take meals (in someone else's house): He boards at Mrs Smith's during the week.) vera kostgangari; leigja og vera í fæði•- boarder- boarding-house
- boarding-school
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3 lumber
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4 merchant
['mə: ənt](a trader, especially wholesale, in goods of a particular kind: timber/tea/wine merchants.) (stór)kaupmaður, heildsali- navy
- service
- merchant ship
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timber — noun 1 trees grown for building VERB + TIMBER ▪ cut, fell, harvest ▪ sell TIMBER + NOUN ▪ company, industry, product … Collocations dictionary
timber — ► NOUN 1) wood prepared for use in building and carpentry. 2) informal, chiefly US suitable quality or character: she is hailed as presidential timber. ► EXCLAMATION ▪ used to warn that a tree is about to fall after being cut. DERIVATIVES… … English terms dictionary
timber line — noun line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes • Syn: ↑timberline, ↑tree line • Hypernyms: ↑line * * * timber line noun The upper limit of timber trees on the mountains, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
timber — tim‧ber [ˈtɪmbə ǁ ər] noun [uncountable] especially BrE wood used for building or making things, or the trees that produce this wood; = lumber AmE: • The region has huge exports of timber. * * * timber UK US /ˈtɪmbər/ noun [U] UK (US lumber)… … Financial and business terms
timber tree — noun any tree that is valued as a source of lumber or timber • Hypernyms: ↑tree * * * timber tree noun A tree suitable or grown for timber • • • Main Entry: ↑timber * * * timber tree, a tree yielding wood suitable for building or construction … Useful english dictionary
timber yard — UK US noun [countable] [singular timber yard plural timber yards] british a place where you can buy wood Thesaurus: factories and industrial buildingshyponym … Useful english dictionary
timber — noun 1》 wood prepared for use in building and carpentry. ↘trees grown for such wood. ↘a wooden beam or board used in building and shipbuilding. 2》 US informal suitable quality or character: she is hailed as presidential timber.… … English new terms dictionary
timber rattlesnake — noun widely distributed in rugged ground of eastern United States • Syn: ↑banded rattlesnake, ↑Crotalus horridus horridus • Hypernyms: ↑rattlesnake, ↑rattler • Hyponyms: ↑canebrake rattlesnake, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
timber cruiser — noun : cruiser 4a * * * cruiser (def. 6). [1890 95, Amer.] * * * timber cruiser, U.S. a man who estimates the amount of timber ready to be felled on a tract of timberland … Useful english dictionary
timber right — noun : ownership of standing timber without ownership of the land * * * ownership of standing timber with no rights to the land … Useful english dictionary
timber worm — noun : a worm (as a timber borer) infesting timber … Useful english dictionary
