Related Searches
Nearby Words
Redwood Lumber Prices www.getredwood.com/ Get quotes on Redwood lumber prices from dealers and suppliers.
Greentree Landscaping www.greentreela.com/ Design, Installation & Maintenance. Serving LA for 20 yrs.(323)468-9740
Heavy Timbers www.volunteerlumber.com/ Available up to 24" X 24" - 40' in Fir, Hemlock and Pine
Ads
| Main Entry: |
timber
 [tim-ber] 
|
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trees, wood |
| Synonyms: | balk, beam, board, boom, club, forest, frame, girder, grove, hardwood, log, mast, plank, pole, rafter, rib, stake, timberland, weald, woodland, woodlot, woods |
| Notes: | what American call lumber, Britons call timber; timbre refers to the quality of sound timber refers to cut wood and to one's qualification for a position; timbre refers to the quality of sound |
California Timber california.local.com/ Find timber here. We offer local search in your state
Northern Hardwood Lumber www.midwesthardwood.com/ Your source for Northern Hardwoods. Timber through Lumber Manufacturing
Ads
| Main Entry: | board |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece of wood |
| Synonyms: | lath, panel, plank, slat, strip, timber |
| Main Entry: | ceiling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top of a room |
| Synonyms: | baldachin, beam, canopy, covert, dome, fan vaulting, groin, highest point, housetop, plafond, planchement, plaster, roof, roofing, timber, topside covering |
| Antonyms: | floor |
Example Sentences
- It also includes magnificent stands of old-growth trees coveted by timber companies.
- Environmentalists prevent us from using down timber from national forests, so the wood rots.
- Until trees are grown specifically for fuel, timber harvesting won't need to divert high quality wood to energy production.
| Main Entry: | essence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heart, significance |
| Synonyms: | aspect, attribute, backbone, base, basis, be-all and end-all, being, bottom, bottom line, burden, caliber, character, chief constituent, constitution, core, crux, element, entity, essentia, essentiality, fiber, form, fundamentals, germ, grain, kernel, life, lifeblood, main idea, marrow, meaning, meat*, name of game, nature, nitty-gritty, nub, nucleus, pith, point, principle, property, quality, quiddity, quintessence, reality, root, soul, spirit, structure, stuff, substance, timber, vein, virtuality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area with a large number of trees |
| Synonyms: | backwoods, brake, chase, clump, coppice, copse, cover, covert, grove, growth, jungle, park, shelter, stand, thicket, timber, timberland, weald, wildwood, wood, woodland, woodlot, woods |
| Main Entry: | log |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stump of tree |
| Synonyms: | block, bole, chunk, driftwood, length, piece, stick, timber, trunk, wood |
| Main Entry: | stick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pole, often wooden |
| Synonyms: | bar, bat, baton, billet, birch, bludgeon, board, branch, cane, club, cudgel, drumstick, ferrule, ingot, mast, rod, rule, ruler, shoot, slab, slat, staff, stake, stalk, stave, stem, strip, switch, timber, twig, wand, wedge |
| Main Entry: | support |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that holds up structure |
| Synonyms: | abutment, agency, back, backing, base, bed, bedding, block, brace, buttress, collar, column, cornerstone, device, flotation, foothold, footing, foundation, fulcrum, groundwork, guide, hold, lining, means, medium, pillar, platform, pole, post, prop, rampart, reinforcement, rest, rib, rod, shore, stake, stanchion, stave, stay, stiffener, stilt, substratum, substructure, sustentation, timber, underpinning |
| Main Entry: | tree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large plant enclosed in bark and shedding leaves |
| Synonyms: | forest, hardwood, pulp, sapling, seedling, shrub, softwood, stock, timber, topiary, wood, woods |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
