timber
To fit with timbersTo fit with timbers.
» Load the timber into the pickup truck.
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5 senses(transitive)To fit with timbers.
timbering a roof
(intransitive)To light or land on a tree.
(transitive)To surmount as a timber does.
(obsolete, transitive)To construct, frame, build.
(obsolete)To make a nest.
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.
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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Forms
timbers, timbering, timbered, timberedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.