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Etymology

Middle English tymber < Old English timber < Proto-Germanic *timram < Proto-Indo-European *dem(H₂)- (“‘build, house’”). Cognates include Old High German zimbar (German Zimmer), Old Norse timbr and Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timrjan), “‘to build’”).

Pronunciation

Noun

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Singular timber

Plural timbers

timber (plural timbers)

  1. (uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
  2. (British) (uncountable) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction. (US) lumber.
  3. (countable) A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for things such as roof; also (historically) in the plural, as in ship's timbers.

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Derived terms

Interjection

timber!

  1. Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.

Translations

warning shout used by loggers
  • Portuguese: madeira!
  • Spanish: Fuera Abajo!
  • Swahili: mbao sw(sw)
  • Swedish: timmer!

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *timram from Proto-Indo-European *dem(H₂)- (“‘build, house’”). Cognates include Old High German zimbar (German Zimmer), Old Norse timbr and Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timrjan), “‘to build’”).

Noun

timber n.

  1. timber
  2. a building
  3. the act of building

 

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