Crossword-Solution: TIMBER
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| Timber | n. | A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer. |
| Timber | n. | The crest on a coat of arms. |
| Timber | v. t. | To surmount as a timber does. |
| Timber | n. | That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3. |
| Timber | n. | The body, stem, or trunk of a tree. |
| Timber | n. | Fig.: Material for any structure. |
| Timber | n. | A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding. |
| Timber | n. | Woods or forest; wooden land. |
| Timber | n. | A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united. |
| Timber | v. t. | To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle. |
| Timber | v. i. | To light on a tree. |
| Timber | v. i. | To make a nest. |
Anagrams
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| TIMBER | anagram | TIMBRE |
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Sentences with TIMBER (5)
The idea as to how I might learn to write was suggested to me by being in Durgin and Bailey’s ship-yard, and frequently seeing the ship carpenters, after hewing, and getting a piece of timber ready for use, write on the timber the name of that part of the ship for which it was intended.
Except for timber and several minerals, Finland depends on imported raw materials, energy, and some components of manufactured goods.
Thea liked to take Thor and her express wagon and explore these quiet, shady streets, where the people never tried to have lawns or to grow elms and pine trees, but let the native timber have its way and spread in luxuriance.
Barclay if he had ever heard of another woman who, being approached by a serpent, would not excuse herself and break for the nearest timber.
When I struck the head of the island I never waited to blow, though I was most winded, but I shoved right into the timber where my old camp used to be, and started a good fire there on a high and dry spot.
Quotes with TIMBER (3)
I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests.
As became a young sinner, Sam [Mark Twain] had a special interest in Satan. He asked his Sunday school teacher questions about Eve in the garden, wondering "if he had ever heard of another woman who, being approached by a serpent, would not excuse herself and break for the nearest timber." Twain recalled, "He did not answer my question, but rebuked me for inquiring into matters above my age and comprehension.
Historical Re-creation, he thought glumly, as they picked their way across, under, over or through the boulders and insect-buzzing heaps of splintered timber, with streamlets running everywhere. Only we do it with people dressing up and running around with blunt weapons, and people selling hot dogs, and the girls all miserable because they can only dress up as wenches, wenching being the only job available to women in the olden days.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 45 times in crossword archives (1950–2024).