timber
Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is fallingUsed by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.
» Load the timber into the pickup truck.
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2 sensesUsed by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.
Baum fällt!
побереги́сь!poberegísʹ
(broadly)A cry used when anything is falling over.
Examples
28 sentencesLoad the timber into the pickup truck.
Some lovely half-timbered houses dotted the landscape.
Seasoned timber is better for construction and joinery.
Large amounts of timber are used in paper making.
deBei der Papierherstellung werden große Mengen an Holz verwendet. — al_ex_an_der
Thirty years ago, timber was the main industry here.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English tymber, from Old English timber, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, fromFrom Middle English tymber, from Old English timber, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą (“building; timber”), from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build; to arrange”) (see Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“home, house”)).
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