timber+(noun)

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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