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timber
has definitions from the fields of music,ecology
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[ noun ] the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
Synonyms Used in print (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)Under this program , property sales specialists in the Small_Business_Administration regional offices help small business_concerns to locate Federal property for_sale and insure that small firms have the opportunity to bid competitively for surplus personal and real_property and certain natural_resources , including timber from the national forests . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)Across the bay the Palisades were heavy in green timber ; their rock paths led down to the Hudson . |
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[ noun ] a beam made of wood
Used in print (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)Closer still , regular barricades of barbed_wire hung on timber supports . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)Felix threw his head back and laughed a laugh that shook the timbers of even that solidly built old house . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a post made of wood
Used in print (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)The bombproof was a low-ceilinged structure of heavy timbers covered with earth . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (ecology) land that is covered with trees and shrubs
Synonyms Related terms land biome jungle rain_forest Sherwood_Forest tree_farm greenwood silva riparian_forest Black_Forest |
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[ noun ] (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
Examples "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely" "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet" Related terms sound_property color harshness register fullness plangency resonance nasality shrillness music |
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