Definitions for timber



Overview of noun timber

The noun timber has 5 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (3) lumber, timber

(the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material)

2. (2) timber

(a beam made of wood)

3. (1) timber

(a post made of wood)

4. forest, woodland, timberland, timber

(land that is covered with trees and shrubs)

5. timbre, timber, quality, tone

((music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet")

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