timbered building

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• timbered — [[t]tɪ̱mbə(r)d[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n A timbered building has a wooden frame or wooden beams showing on the outside. → See also half timbered Timbered cottages stood around a triangular green …   English dictionary

• timbered — tim|bered [ tımbərd ] adjective a timbered building has outside walls made completely or partly of wood …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• timbered — UK [ˈtɪmbə(r)d] / US [ˈtɪmbərd] adjective a timbered building has outside walls made completely or partly of wood …   English dictionary

• timbered — 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

• timbered — adj. 1 (esp. of a building) made wholly or partly of timber. 2 (of country) wooded …   Useful english dictionary

• half-timbered — adjective a half timbered building has been built so that its wooden structure can be seen on the outside walls …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• half-timbered — UK / US adjective a half timbered building has been built so that its wooden structure can be seen on the outside walls …   English dictionary

• half-timbered — adjective having exposed wood framing with spaces filled with masonry, as in Tudor architecture • Syn: ↑half timber • Similar to: ↑timbered * * * ˌhalf ˈtimbered [half timbered] adjective …   Useful english dictionary

• framed building — ▪ construction       structure in which weight is carried by a skeleton or framework, as opposed to being supported by walls. The essential factor in a framed building is the frame s strength. Timber framed or half timbered houses were common in… …   Universalium

• half-timbered — half tim|bered [ˌha:f ˈtımbəd US ˌhæf ˈtımbərd] adj a half timbered house is usually old and shows the wooden structure of the building on the outside walls …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• half-timbered — ADJ Half timbered is used to describe old buildings that have wooden beams showing in the brick and plaster walls, both on the inside and the outside of the building …   English dictionary